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I’ve been struggling with feeling lonely a lot lately and today I was supposed to get together with my closest friend who I haven’t seen all year yet. She’s been dealing with a lot of depression and traveling a lot and I’ve been struggling with ptsd so we never had time line up where we both felt okay enough to do something. Today I arranged to have my kid stay with my parents and have my friend come over. She said she could hang out anytime this week because she had no plans and I told her today or tomorrow id like to hang out. She then sleeps in until the late afternoon and texts me a couple times and then stops messaging so never told me yes or no to hanging out. So we never got to do our plans. This has happened a few times with her and I know she has a ton of mental illness struggles she’s dealing with among other health issues which I can relate to but I feel like sending a message saying you can’t come over today would’ve been something doable if she was able to send me other messages. I don’t really know how to handle a friendship like this where they disappear from texting for weeks at a time or don’t hang out with you for months. Just has been something making me feel more lonely lately. Especially because I have been going through a ton of high stress situations and I’d like to talk to one of my friends about it but I only have 3 friends and like none of them have really checked in on me lately so I don’t really want to talk about things like this with them.

    • StrangeLoveDr

      669d

      Oof, I know the feeling. My advice would be to let those 3 friends just be and depending on how you feel that day, try a social app like MeetUp and see if you can find new like-minded individuals in your area that are willing to meet together and vent. It worked for me. As for your close friend, since she also struggles with depression, send a positive message or two, even if she doesn’t respond she probably reads it and appreciates it. But please, keep in mind that if it makes you feel bad when people don’t respond to your texts, then it’s probably best to leave your friend be until she’s ready to communicate with you. Remember, always do what’s best for YOU.

    • Coty

      669d

      Please reach out to anyone even on here if you feel that way, lots of us willing to shed light on the situation with our own view on the matter. We all go through it, some more than others but that’s what this is here for.

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