![]() “Extroverts struggle to make friends because while they seem talkative, they might not go deep with people,” said Bayard. “We are more connected than ever on our devices or social media, but finding someone in real life to connect with can be a challenge.”īayard and I talked also about how those with different personalities can have their own unique set of struggles when it comes to making friends. “With many people’s lives running at full speed and in different directions, it’s hard to slow down long enough to find and develop new friendships,” says Pennison. Instead, I spent a lot of my free time alone, sulking about the fact that I didn’t have someone to call a best friend and I didn’t have a guest list big enough to reserve more than a table for two on my birthday.Ĭhristy Pennison, a licensed professional counselor and owner of Be Inspired Counseling & Consulting, says that making friends, particularly in this day and age, isn’t easy. I could have shown more interest in my friends and their growing families rather than in finding someone to date. I forgot to respond to text messages for days. I often cancelled plans on the weekends to do work. I didn’t feel like I'd invested time in nurturing friendships. I felt sad and lonely as I entered my thirties and I placed a lot of the blame on myself. Then, as a complete shock, my best friend of seven years abruptly told me that she no longer wanted to be friends anymore. I got laid-off from my full time job and started working for myself, out of my apartment, with no water cooler chit chat or happy hours to attend. ![]() ![]() Some of my friends moved states away and our conversations grew stale and we rarely saw each other. ![]() A lot of my friends got married and had kids while I was still on the first-date trail. ![]()
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