I just have to laugh, 13 members and only 2 has something to share. Its the story of my life. I mean, I wish I had friends and I close my dor. Gives everyone the message that I am OK with myself and don't share anything personal.

Is this Group a meeting place for people with nothing to share?

Another friendless person here. Just wanted to say I get both of you, Paracosm and Pascale. I don't understand how can people so casually befriend each other. It is hard for me to open myself to someone.

Hi.  People are so different from my stories! So jarring to connect. Wonder if anyone else finds this to be true? That people dont act like they do in your stories/daydreams, and its hard for you to know how to accept them/be around them?

I am really happy to have found this website and this group.I'm happy to not be alone. I have people I talk to at school . But no one I would open up myself too. I find it so weird ,but also comforting to be able to "talk" on this site. 

I have one close friend. It doesn't really help that she is also an introvert. We don't do anything together. So there aren't any girl's nights out for us. We are there for each other when things are bad, but they have to be very bad for one of us to make the call. I did confide in her that I have md, she doesn't get it. I didn't go into detail about the pacing ect, just that I daydream excessively so she doesn't see the big deal. I use to think I didn't have a big group of friends because I was boring or weird. As I get older I realize that I'm the one that finds them boring & weird. I'm very hard to impress & maybe a bit selfish. I really don't want to talk or participate in any activity that doesn't interest me. My introvert friend says that we are just too smart for the people who surround us lol. I don't know if that's it. Small talk irritates me but I guess you have to participate in that to start up friendships. I just don't feel like talking if it's not on a meaningful subject. I see all the friendship barriers have been put up by me. There is woman I work with that is trying to become my friend. I see her trying harder than anyone ever has but I keep saying no to being invited places ect. She says she feels like she annoys me, that isn't the case so I asked why. She said I don't make eye contact & seem to get bored with what she's saying. I'm daydreaming obviously, but I can't tell her that. I wonder how many people have attempted to make friends with me but have given up because I seemed annoyed.

Hello everyone pleased to meet you all.

I have never had friends my Mum always joked that I am a collector of troubled people.  I find people who have issues similar to my own and feel the need to help them.  The sad thing is that once I have done that; they move on and never even come back to send a text, write or whatever.  It makes me feel incrediably lonely and weird, like there is something wrong with me why I can't find anyone to like me.

hieee...... i  dont have friends.......and when i go 2 clg i feels awkward and lonely..... i cant enjoy my clg life... i have only 1 best frnd but now she lives far in another dist.and i cant handle my frnds .i dont know whats wrong wid me.. after a certain period i feel uncomfortable , uneasy wid them. and i try 2 get rid of them..

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So...yeah. I have one friend, my best friend... and well, I have friends, if you count them even though we never talk or meet with each other. It's my fault. I love them, but I just... I never call them, because it's so much easier for me to sit down and daydream and be witj imaginary people who understand everything instantly. I can talk to people, but deep down, I always think they hate me, or bored and only talk to me because they are polite. I honestly don't know what should I do... I can't just call everyone and start acting clingy all of a sudden.. and we're busy people, we don't have time, they don't have time... I barely leave the house, I can't even get to know people through the internet. 

I find it hard to carry a conversation. I can imagine myself having ac onversation with someone I know, and the conversation can be very extensive and deep; however, when I actually try to talk to them, it is brief and superficial. Other times people will talk to me, and it almost impossible for me to pay attention becuase what is going on in my head is far more interesting. 

I've had friends here and there since I've moved. I've even had short lived relationships. Its been awhile since I've actually had a friend though. I have to almost two years now since I've really had somebody i could hang out with. I do try to have conversations but I just put up this fake, polite, front. So now i just keep to myself everywhere i go. I stay up in my head the majority of the time and believe me i have a lot of time to myself. I guess you'd say it's the life i want.

I was just thinking that many of us here have issues with friends or don't have any or many friends.  Why don't we start by making friends with other here?  We all have MD so we know what it's like and such, so that's one thing we have in common.

I thought something was wrong with me; I am friendly, I know a lot of people, I am in multiple groups, I volunteer in different things , and I'm a counselor yet I always feel alone, and I keep asking myself why can't I hold on to these relationships? and I didn't have a name for my compulsive dreaming that I enjoy most of the time and I didn't know how to put it into words without it being awkward and now here I am reading that I am definitely not the only one with this issue--what a relief!

I have a few friends, but don't feel close to them like the way I feel should, which is in part due to the daydreaming I think. It's ironic b/c I'll often daydream about having friends and great, close relationships but in reality that is not the case

Hi! I'm new here and it's just so nice to read about other's experience with MD. I don't really have friends either, but it doesn't really bother me either. Sometimes I do get very lonely and wish I could meet someone like myself but then, If they were like me, we would probably just be very quiet friends. I hate small talk, it seems so pointless to me. I would gladly discuss/debate an interesting intelligent  topic but most people don't seem to think much about anything! How do they DO that???  I can't stop thinking! I often ponder about life, the human condition, why we are here ect. and then off course there are my dreams - they are so absolutely wonderful!  They are the only part of my life that isn't serious. To be honest, although I'm a very responsible person,  I actually hate being an adult!!!  It's just so boring, restrictive and uninteresting. I am so glad to be here

Hi everyone! I feel so identified with this, I dont even know where to start. I have very complicated feelings with the very concept of friendship. I have always felt left out by my friends, like if i was a zero to the left or something. I have never been able to have that kind of close bound with other people, because opening my heart is so hard, and anxiety avoids me from talking to people and making new friends. So, of course, I feel lonely and daydreaming has been a coping mechanism for my loneliness. My characters are symbols of the close relationship I wish I had.

I developed my MDD because i lost all my friends and this was how I coped. 

I have always surrounded myself with small groups of friends, which is easily managable. No body knows that I do this, but I think it's starting to become obvious, I try to stop it but I think its the main reason not many people want to be friends with me. Big groups of people are my worst nightmare, I'll just sit their quietly in the corner and let everyone do their thing, but I always catch people looking at me weird which makes me think i'm doing something that i''m not aware of. The friends I do have, i love to pieces but I dont feel like I can talk to them about it so I do feel very isolated.