Please don’t feel lonely @mle, I’m pretty shy too, I would try to surround yourself with good people who will stick by you, go out into the world and build new friendships and relationships, hold your head up high and spread your bright personality, smile and know things will be OK, I’m always here if you need to chat or vent, feel free to inbox me anytime, stay strong, you are never alone (hugs)

@mle actually the technology is a factor. peoples spend so much time on their phones, computers, etc that they aren’t able to even have a normal conversation. Not to even talk about how it helps develop depression aswell.
About college as someone who went through this my advice is: you’re there to study. Not to be accepted or everyone to like you. I get that is lonely, specially for people who hate parties and such, however remember you’re there to study.

@mle Yeah, it’s weird, imagine not even having social networks or communication tools, just pen and paper and maybe an old fashioned telephone, that’s loneliness. But maybe, if someone is bad at socializing, it’s more frustrating because you have all these opportunities to connect, and you can’t. I guess it can also be something that happened 40 years ago when you couldn’t enter a local group of people.