Struggling to Make Friends and Find Love in Mid-20s

So I would like to start with I have been there. I know it sucks, which is why I feel it’s important to tell you this. Wanting to meet people is great, we are social beings. But it sounds like you are hoping to find someone who will pull you out of your depression, and that won’t happen. You have to do that yourself. I say this not to discourage you but in the hopes you won’t make the same mistakes I have. Now I’m no expert on meeting people. But what helped me was volunteering, however most of the people you meet will be older. I eventually met a couple guys around my age and made friends but that took literally years. So idk if you want to try that but it’s really just about finding something that puts u in touch with people a sport, a club, a volunteer organization, etc. I hope this is helpful I know how awful this kind of loneliness can be🌻

Something to consider I'll definitely have to give it a try. it's hard for me to get around my parents really not only emotionally neglected to say the least but have also financially neglected me on basic things like helping me get on my feet with getting a car so I literally have no way to get around and I'm a monopolygic which means I can't lift up one of my legs so I can't just go out and do normal things like everyone else I live in chronic pain too so it's really hard for me to socialize like everyone. I've literally never had a girlfriend or even a friend for that matter that I can call on or talk to when I need support. Fortunately through this app I've met a couple good people so far and I'm very grateful for that both I have a good amount in common in as well so I keep in touch with them but I always hate to be a burden and I just really want that feeling where I can give someone some love and receive it back. I'm not even looking for like a sexual or intimate relationship or whatever you want to call it just some type of relationship between me and a girl where I can talk to them all day and really enjoy spending time with somebody like that. it's really hard for me because like when I go to ask someone out I feel like I might not percent myself right or they are just being polite to me and once I ask that they'll probably not want to even speak to me. Am really scared of the denial cuz I no even if I wanted just a friendship with that person they would probably not want to even hang out with me I try to be as kind as I can but I don't know if that would even help me. Most people by the time they're 25 they have had like you know some dates in high school or at least done some online dating I've never even done that or would you even know how to go about doing that. I would prefer to meet someone in person that I share a lot of interest with that I can hang out with and do some different artwork together or something like that I really like being artistic and doing different designs and metal work and other things like that when I have the energy.

It's ok, man. I've been miserable since my mid 20s as well. I'm 29 now but ever since my break up, everything just turned dull. Meeting people has been way harder since graduating high school. But I guess if you had to try to meet someone, try a library. You might be surprised who you find there

Sorry for the long explanation is a lot going on right now in my life and I have a lot of unnecessary struggles and a lot of health issues and been struggling with depression all my life and all I really want is just opportunities to meet people that I can get along with or have similar interests with and maybe a date I've never really had one it makes me feel awful that I never got a chance to do that and I'm already in my mid-20s I was homeschooled most of my life and never had any friends growing up or any socialization like normal people do let alone even getting close to having a girlfriend. There is this one girl I know that works at a store I go to that I really like and I try to strike up conversations with often when I'm there but I can tell if she's really not interested and I'm just feel so defeated. I had a lot in common with this person even though I would see them not that often like maybe once a week or once every other week when I would go to the store to get something but I can tell I'm not going to get anywhere with that now I just don't know what to do. I probably have other additional health issues that are making the emotional blankness worse but I don't want to go back into the self-harm stage of my life that I got over a few years ago and try to hold my head up eyes as long as I can but I don't feel like I can do that without some people I know that can come and check on me in real life that can check in on me or something. My main question is how do I go about getting a date I really am bad on the whole online thing I don't even have a Facebook because it's just not for me but I really need to find a person that I could even at least have that opportunity with so I feel like I at least tried. Am hoping atleast something I've said just made some sense. If not sorry I'm just not feeling my best right now.