best friend help: Is having friends overrated? - Help.com

Believe it or not youre not the only person in the world who is exactly like you, the good thing about friends is you can choose them so what if you havent found your best friend yet, keep looking and youll find someone who you arent socially awkward around, it may take a while but you will find friends, just be yourself :) :)

friends arent overrated unless their not real friends,maybe you just havent found someone that you connect with that has the same ideas you have. meet new people you wont connect with them all but your find someone that will stand out that you wont even think about the conversation because you have alot in common, just trust that high schools not everything that your meet alot of people.

I have always had a hard time socially around people I do not know or know well. I think part of that was low self esteem.

Since I have worked on liking myself more and enjoying who I am as a person, I have gotten better at making friends. I am still on the quiet side around new people, but I sooo much better then I was before.

I have one best friend who I talk to only a few times a year and we see each other only about once a year. But we know each other so well and can talk about anything with out fear of judgement. We can give each other our honest opinions and know we love and care about each other enough that we know it comes from the heart and is not ment to hurt the other persons feelings.

I think if you work on building your own self confidence and liking who you are, it will make it easier for you to make friends. You need to let your true self shine in order to make that connection with people.

The people who I have met more resently that I consider friends, is a little more surface friendship that I am sure in time will develope into a deeper friendship. But it takes time to get there.

wow i know this feeling, i learnt just today that i cant trust any of my so called friends.

it takes time to become best friends with someone. i personally dont think i will do it, theres no one on this planet i can trustt completely, every single person i did trust has betrayed it. i will keep ‘friends’ but not close ones and i certainately wont confide in them

Not having close friends isn’t necessarily a bad thing. A true friend comes once in a blue moon - and even so, they are capable of screwing you over. It actually feels good to do things on your own and not have to confine to a group or another person. It allows you to think independently(and not as a group). It’s true that you are who you consistently hang out with. So do yourself a favor and limit yourself from group dependency. Sometimes it’s good to have social friends rather than close friends. Attachment is a big risk. Do not put complete trust in any one person because you’ll probably set yourself up for a big let down. I’ve been screwed over many times by people who I thought were close to me who I invested a lot of trust in. These people jeopardized my future and my pursuit of a career. I’m still enduring the ramifications today and trying real hard to mend things and move on. Bottom line is don’t go looking for friends or else chances are, you’ll run into the wrong people. A lot of times, you meet good people when you least expect to. And never let your guards down no matter how trustworthy a person may seem…