Advice: An introvert with few close friends struggles with loneliness after seeing others start posting about plans and travel.
I have no siblings, thus no nieces or nephews, nor do I have a best friend. I have a few cousins but all are 3,000 miles away. I have a few friends but none who are really close confidants. All my friends are far more likely to plan activities with others than with me. My husband is low-key and pleasant enough, but he is not loving physically or in any other way — just emotionally constricted.
As friends and cousins start posting travel or just socializing plans with each other, I am developing more and more FOMO anxiety and sadness. Not sure exactly what question I have, maybe more of a comment. Life returning to “normal” isn’t necessarily going to be a panacea for a lot of us.I think there is a question in your comment: What to do about this loneliness?
To which the answer is, as always, unsatisfyingly, that you either make peace with what you have or you make changes to what you do. You obviously can’t put “Get a best friend” on your to-do list, but you can change the ways you circulate among others. You can reach past your second-guessing and out to these friends. You can put new, communal, purpose-based things on your calendar and work your way toward emotional rewards regardless of who you meet.
Again, you can’t completely control what connections you make because they’re 50 percent dependent on the other person, but you can work the 50 percent you control toward feeling useful, present, open, vital.
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