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Maleficent_Ad301

I feel like i don't have any deep connections anymore

I've always been surrounded by a lot of people and had a core group of 5 people in my life that i seemed to really connect with, could always go back to, 2 of these 5 people are my bestfriends, 1 other friend is a close friend from middle school, one I've grown up with my entire life, then the other friend I've known since highschool and they knew me very well, i felt cared for, wanted, like my presence in their life really mattered. The last 2 are friends from college, we'd be this "trio" and spend a lot of our time together. Everything felt balanced in my life, i was very glad with the friends i had and i had been enjoying my recent years until now.

I've recently went through a very rough patch in life, around October/November i went through a burnout/depressive episode, i had no energy to hangout, talk or see anyone. I was just going into my own bubble and spend the days inside my room. I was still keeping myself busy with personal interests, but i couldn't do anything else. College became a struggle and i had to drop several subjects because i couldn't keep up anymore.

I tried to let everyone know it wasn't personal and i had to take some time for myself, after awhile i was slowly trying to connect again with that core group. But unfortunately it didn't go well with everyone, I've lost the bestfriend from highschool and they completely went no contact, they deleted me and made sure this decision was on me. I just struggled with reaching out to everyone in one go, i was taking it step by step, it's not easy to immediately comeback and act like I'm completely okay again when i wasn't. I was so drained that i couldn't even mentally "realize" what this meant, i think i just impulsively accepted it.

Some months later, another issue took place, the 2 friends from college that i used to be a trio with started to feel like we didn't work with the three of us anymore, they both couldn't get along anymore so now i have seperate connections with them.

This all has been difficult because i just suddenly feel like i lost all balance, i don't know who to call my close friends anymore, who am i really connected to, do they care for my presence or am i just a "hangout" friend, during the time that I've lost the balance in my core group, i was also getting to know 2 new people but I've just been going through some sort of crisis, i really struggle with sudden changes in my life that i wasn't prepared for, and i keep on feeling "off". I still go out and do activities, but i don't feel like these are people that -really- connect with me. They like me like i like them, but I'm not a close person or person that they want to deeply connect with beyond "fun talks and activities" i barely hear from them and I'm at this point of like "do i need to re-evaluate my deep connections?"

Does this make sense or sound relatable to anyone?

Posted Apr 8, 2025, 9:06 PM UTC

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