(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Alright, I guess I will describe everything that I feel is shitty in my life, what led up to it and stuff. My situation basically is what I want to talk about, but I am going to say how I am feeling, everything bad in life for me, my worries, my whole thoughts on this, etc.

Well, here it is, another night off and I have absolutely no one to hang out with. I have no friends to talk to and my family is very supportive, but they can't fix my issue and it is quite awkward talking about my feelings with my family. I am 17 years old, a senior in high school, and recently I have been accepted into a very good university. All of this good stuff is happening in my life, but I am stuck with one issue that I find to be the most important and the root of all of my depression that I cannot seem to escape from. I have no one I can talk to, I have no buddies that I can go out and have a good time with, I stay in my room all day and all night unless I have to go somewhere. Occasionally I do go outside and try to stay active and whatnot, however, I still feel like a sack of shit that is lonely and has no one to be around with. I have tried all sorts of ways to meet new people, I played on sports teams, joined clubs, partaken in events for the school, and here I am right now and not having gained any new friends or even as much as an experience I can say I enjoyed because of the lack of people I was able to hang out with. My life has been pretty shitty feeling and now that I am going to college next year I will be away from my family entirely. At home when things are shitty I can at the very least see my family, but now it is worse, if I don't meet anyone that I can hang out with or talk to then I will be more alone than ever. I don't want to hear the bullshit that I hear from everyone, "It gets better," like hell it does, if it got better than my life wouldn't be getting shittier as it goes on. I feel like I have a very prospective future and I truly do believe that I will make a good living, however I do not think I see making friends anywhere in that. I never thought I was depressed, I thought it was just normal attitude, but I am craving to be with someone else now. I have absolutely no one to be with, I am alone, and the only friends that I have I can never hang out with because they do not understand my situation, they just have other friends that they hang out with and treat me equal to them, which is fine, but I need to go out with people and enjoy myself, not be alone. I may be getting repetitive, but one thing to keep in mind is that this has been on my mind for years and I cannot get it out of my mind, I feel like I need an answer, some solution to all of this, but I don't know what to do. Speaking to a therapist would be helpful, but bringing up the subject to my parents is very awkward and when I do bring it up they soon forget all of it and never do schedule me for one. So here I am, stuck in a pit of depression because I have absolutely no one that I can hang around with and in general, be myself and have a good time. I feel like I have tried everything and now I can't do anything else about it, I have no one and at times I just want to break down and just give up, just lay down and cry. I feel like there is no one I can talk to. Here I am, I am having a very difficult time addressing all of this emotion and depression floating over me. I cannot formulate this into words necessarily, I feel so alone and like I need someone, but there is no one for me to be with.

My question for all of you. What the hell am I supposed to do? I don't want to sound like a dick, but all of this cognitive therapy stuff I find completely useless. It pisses me off more than anything, everytime I hear, "Try to be happy, cheer up, it gets better," it infuriates me. If I could change it with a change in thought like that than I would, but when I try to wait it out and hope for it to change nothing happens, it just worsens. Thank you for the read, hopefully one of you guys can relate and hopefully you have to solution that I am hoping for, because at this point, I feel like this is a last resort.

get some fucking social skills and go alone. how the fuck else do u make friends

Hey man, If you need someone to talk to you can PM me. Im pretty nice guy to talk to.

I know what you mean with meeting new people. I am very lucky to have some good friends that I do things with and have a healthy relationship with, but I have no skills when it comes to making friends with people who i don't know or see on a regular basis. I just don't know how to talk to people because they are already in their friend groups and don't look "approachable" or maybe its me who looks unapproachable, who knows. In your case pushing to see a therapist would probably be the best thing, if your parents won't take you, you should try to go yourself.

I guarantee that you will make friends in college. My best tip to you is that once college begins, that is where you MUST converse with as many people as possible. Also, try not to be nervous because everyone is in the same situation in the beginning. In the meantime, It could be hard to make new friends towards the end of high school. That is primarily due to the way our culture functions. Any questions. pm me, feel free to talk anytime.

I was in this situation once I went to university and I can agree with you, it fucking sucks. However, when an opportunity is given to you such as going to a good university, the bad past times will be forgotten, you will meet new people. There will be people currently in your position going to the university aswell so don't feel like you are the odd one out, you wont be. You WILL make friends at university unless you are a complete asshole which no one likes (i.e. rude, lazy, effortless) which I'm sure you are not currently (got into a good uni).

It is pretty simple to approach new people who are also new to the establishment, a simple;

"Hello, I see you are also new to this university, my name is psychobe@n"

is a perfect way to introduce yourself to a randomer. There are also entry points you can use such as people talking about subjects that you are interested in, but dont butt in because people might think you are a rude son of a whore. You just need to be confident at starting the conversation, so that means no stuttering or sweating like this guy :p

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Posting on NGU shouldn't be your last resort, anyone who posts on here asking for help in regards to depression or anything else doesn't mean you are a pleb (Kas is though). People get help through different outlets, 1 to 1 talk, sports (interacting with other people), gaming with people online (with a MIC) is also a good social interaction trainer.

If you need anything man, hit me up on here.

10/10 can confirm i hate playing with people who have a mic and dont talk or quietly say the minimum.

10/10 can confirm i hate playing with people who have a mic and dont talk or quietly say the minimum. that being said u dont gotta be a big loud asshole like some people(me)

I'm a sophomore in college and still have no friends

I don't understand what you mean by it just worsens? Have you seen other countries and how their country is operated? You are just taking things for granted at this point.
Also the fact that you say you stay home and have no one to talk to is already sufficient evidence you don't want friends. If you want to find and make good friends and shit, you need to invest yourself and your time with them. Don't expect people to befriend you every single time. If you aren't happy with your current friends, go befriend other people. Invest yourself in people you like. Also, if you want to have like a best friend, that takes more time. In today's world contemporary friendship is more common because of social networking.
It's easy to tell who will be a good friend to you. You will naturally trust them and they will too. If they don't trust you, you can earn it (if it's worth it for you...) or whatever. I don't know what kind of people you hang out with or who you like to hang out with but that's all on you man. I personally keep friends that are open-minded like myself. Maybe you like hockey so find some friends like that. You know like how a most databases work? By relational database management system, so similar things tend to stay closer to each other.
I hope I helped a bit, good luck!