So this guy and Ihave gotten very close these past 6 weeks, we attended a summer college get together and that's how we met. While we were at the college group camp we hun out a lot and talked every day about the camp and activities we did. It was so fun. He even paid for my ticket to go to schlitterbahn nad before I left camp he have made a huge box of goldfish (that's both our favorite snack). We've stayed in touch ever since. So as a thank you for what he did for me I sent him a giant box of goldfish in the mail, as something fun just to show how much I appreciated what he did. When he received it he messaged me saying how it meant so much to him, how he would write me a letter back and how it was the nicest thing anyone has ever done for him. All through out the day he just kept messaging me thanking me for it and how it meant so much, Do you think he really meant that?

I have had anxiety really bad since I was a little kid. In elementary school, I was always sitting alone and I never had any friends. I have never been to a party in my life because it's hard for me to try to talk to new people and get to know people. Now that I am older, I know it is important to socialize with people for networking and things. I am a college student and I just don't know how to get over this anxiety that I have. Stepping out of my comfort zone has always scared me. Whenever someone wants to hang out with me , I would just not respond or just make up an excuse as to why I can't hang out with them... There are 2 people that I can hang out with that I do not have anxiety with but one of them has a boyfriend and the other is busy doing other things. We do hang out sometimes. It is just hard for me to get involved with the general public and socialize. I am afraid I'll have panic attacks and I get really offended easily by some people and the things they might say even if it's not meant to be offensive, I get very defensive. I would rather just stay in the house to myself without having to deal with the outside world. What should I do with myself?

Does this mean he doesn't want me to have male friends? I was telling him about the girl who was mean to me at school I said "the teacher asked me a question and she (the girl) said 'you talk to him but not me?'" He said "who is him?" Him was the teacher. He never asks "who is her/she" when I mention female friends.

I have a close group of friends and recently we don t know what to do. Let s call them 1,2, and 3. 2 is getting bullied and she and 1 decided it was best to bully him back. 3 and I say that s not the answer. Later 2 is calling herself a failure, everyone hates her, and I can t convince her otherwise. 2 says 3 is making things worse. 1 has left from stress. 2 most likely has depression and I don t know how to talk to her to fix things. I can t understand anyone right now, they all shut each other out and I m trying to be strong but I m scared to do anything and anything I do makes a bigger mess. Please help. I don t know what to do. I want to scream like everyone else but I m getting so stressed

I can be very insecure. So whenever people ask to take pictures of me, or draw me I get weird. today, my guy friend, who is not a very serious person, decided to draw me when we were bored. Without my permission. I was a bit annoyed but didn't plan on making it a huge deal. He is not that good at drawing in general, and he knows it. I began to get annoyed when he kept shoving it in my face, asking what I thought of it. He knew it wasn't great, and he knew that I was slightly annoyed by my facial expression and lack of response. Still, he persisted because he doesn't quite always know when to stop joking, especially when he's offending others. So since I wasn't giving him "feedback", he goes and sends it to a groupchat that includes 2 girls I only recently got close with, and a guy I like/have history with. My guy friend doesn't know that I like this guy. Regardless of whether or not he knows, I was very upset that he sent it without my permission, to people I'm just getting to know better. The drawing was hurtful because it emphasized a lot of my insecurities, and just made me think "okay, is this how he/other people see me?" Stupid, I know. I would have been mainly fine if he hadn't sent it to people, especially a guy I like. We've been friends for YEARS and this isn't the first time he's seen me be upset/down over jokes about my appearance. he should know by know that I'm not a secure person. Thoughts?

besides Laz, i want to create a unique one for my friend