Hi all! I'm a forty seven year old male. I live alone. I was with my ex for 12 years, married for almost half that time and we have two boys together who are now 10 and 12. We have been separated for nine years.
I work full-time. Unfortunately I don't have any friends and it's not easy for me to make new one's. My mother is still alive at 79 and I have two brothers and a sister.
I suffer from depression and ocd and anxiety. I've spent most of the last 4 days in bed. Anyhow that's about it for now. Ciao!
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16 hours agovanessa3
Join a fitness gym and hear music , also join dating websites , so you can speak with people,
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15 hours agoTheGentleGiant
Hi Vanessa, I go to the gym five days a week and I have spent years on dating sites. I guess I've kind of given up on meeting anyone.
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14 hours agovanessa3
Hm...well it's never to late and you have to also go out , like what hobbies you like to do , and while you are doing these hobbies you can meet someone, and have shared interests.....it's all in the mind.
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15 hours agoCaptainCrunch
Sorry you have been struggling. Today has been a rough day for me. I have OCD as well and it is quite the monster. Please keeping posting.
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12 minutes agoTheGentleGiant
We are never alone in our struggle! I'll keep posting thanks!
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10 hours agoBird-67
I do sympathise with you, OCD is a cruel illness.
What are your intrusive thoughts based on if you don't mind sharing with us?
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2 hours agoSallyskins
I'm not surprised that you are depressed, if you have no friends. It can be difficult to approach new people, as your confidence is bound to be low, but I'm sure there are ones out there who would be only too pleased to have you for a friend.
Going to the gym isn't the best way to make friends, as everyone I suppose is intent on their own fitness to connect with anyone else. The best thing is perhaps to join some kind of group where you can get involved with organizing activities, such as a political pressure group or volunteer group.
As for dating websites, people do meet partners using these, but it isn't much fun if all your connections with others are on line. There is no reason to give up on meeting someone, as long as you keep your expectations realistic, and don't go for women much younger than you, for example. There are lots of nice single women out there around your age.
Perhaps there is something you could do with your boys that would get you out of the house and doing things. Could be football or other sports, or anything else you and they like. And there might be a single mum out there doing something with her kids!
OCD can affect your confidence as well, and make you liable to depression, which in turn makes it worse. If a course of therapy might help, then do go to your doctor.
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