I Have No Friends
I haven't had friends for four years. I've never been one to have a whole group of friends, only a few, but I lost those when I left school due to bullying in 2009.
They weren't genuine nor did they really care about me as a person; they even enjoyed and watched on as I was bullied by others. However, they were all I had at school.
I've forgotten what it feels like to have friends. I crave friendship constantly—I wish I had a friend to go to for support, for advice, for opinions, for social interaction, for help, to have fun with. Someone who genuinely cares about me, who's interested in getting to know me, who accepts me as I am despite my faults. But instead, I'm lonely. I won't say that I am alone, because no one is ever truly alone, but I am certainly lonely. I don't go anywhere due to anxiety and agoraphobia issues, I'm shy and lack social skills, and I live in a very small town that doesn't require a whole lot of opportunities at meeting people.
I envy people who have had a friend(s) since they were young, and are still attached and trust each other completely almost to the point where they're family. I've never had that. I have no idea what it feels like, I can only imagine. I worry that I'll be lonely forever, having only myself to rely, that I'll never be able to experience what true friendship feels like.
I've heard that if you have other people around you, you're not alone. I don't agree—having people around you is entirely different to having people you can rely on and trust. I can be in a room full of people, but will they all be there for me, by my side through the thick and the thin? No. But that's what I want.
I don't care for quantity, I care for quality—one true friend is all I need, if that's all I was given.

They weren't genuine nor did they really care about me as a person; they even enjoyed and watched on as I was bullied by others. However, they were all I had at school.
I've forgotten what it feels like to have friends. I crave friendship constantly—I wish I had a friend to go to for support, for advice, for opinions, for social interaction, for help, to have fun with. Someone who genuinely cares about me, who's interested in getting to know me, who accepts me as I am despite my faults. But instead, I'm lonely. I won't say that I am alone, because no one is ever truly alone, but I am certainly lonely. I don't go anywhere due to anxiety and agoraphobia issues, I'm shy and lack social skills, and I live in a very small town that doesn't require a whole lot of opportunities at meeting people.
I envy people who have had a friend(s) since they were young, and are still attached and trust each other completely almost to the point where they're family. I've never had that. I have no idea what it feels like, I can only imagine. I worry that I'll be lonely forever, having only myself to rely, that I'll never be able to experience what true friendship feels like.
I've heard that if you have other people around you, you're not alone. I don't agree—having people around you is entirely different to having people you can rely on and trust. I can be in a room full of people, but will they all be there for me, by my side through the thick and the thin? No. But that's what I want.
I don't care for quantity, I care for quality—one true friend is all I need, if that's all I was given.

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