This post will be dripping with desperation as I just need someone to talk to, moved away from my few friends in my hometown and have been pretty isolated for a while. I'm a 22 year old probably autistic dude (I think, you know how confusing that can be). I have some interests that I've been losing due to depression but I can still talk about them, music, art, politics (duh), science and philosophy stuff. I can also just bullshit about anything I love people and talking to them it's just hard for me to reach out. I've been active here for years but not really conversational with people as I feel disconnected like I don't belong in whatever community I'm in, even this one as accepting as it is. Maybe shoot me a dm and we can talk here or through somewhere else ,I'd really appreciate it. Going through mental health struggles and that shit , so fucking stressed and broke. I thought about asking for money here but I still think others need it more and just having someone else to talk to could probably help me more. <3
Join a discord friend.
This is a genuinely solid suggestion but I will add to it: Join a discord and PARTICIPATE.
You get back from it what you put in, and you don't become a community member that other people know and like without participating.
What are friend groups? They are groups of people that regularly do things together. It is repetition that forges them into friends.
Join a community and participate every day. Interact with others, and do things together. Make something. Play something. Do events with them. Set up something on a specific date at a specific time with others. Friendships will forge from repetition. A good portion of it is similar to organising, except it's social instead of political.