Friends growing up

As a child I never really had proper friends, and that still continues today, so I never had the experience of being close to someone in good friendship. I've only had a few closer friendships in my life, most of which happened at secondary school, so I often have stronger emotions than the average person when I do connect with people more. I often mistake these feelings to mean something more than friendships and unfortunately things go wrong. I spend a lot of my life distant from others, there always seems to be barrier, so when that barrier is broken down it means a lot to me. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

[EvaChangingFaces Partner]

Hi Hidden ,

Welcome to the Changing Faces community! Thank you for your post and for sharing your experiences here. It sounds like you've been through a lot and have experienced some difficulties when it comes to relationships. Interpersonal relationships are really important as they can fulfill some of our emotional needs and desire to connect with others, however they can be hard to navigate. Maintaining friendships and other relationships takes a lot of work. The first and most important factor is communication and that starts with being able to first and foremost recognise and share your own thoughts and feelings which you are doing and that's very positive and means that you're honoring your feelings and your experience. Hopefully, as the community grows, you'll find people to connect with and to share your thoughts with here as well as in your personal life.

Take care,

Eva - Changing Faces