How Do You Cope With Loneliness And Reach Out To Friends?

[Bordo66]

Are you talking about me or yourself!?

I have the exact same problem lately except I lost a lot sence of humor in public.

If you really want to talk about, just text the person(s) you want to talk about and I think try this:

*text: do you have a minute?*

If they say: yes then just ask

*can I talk to you about a something, but face to face?*

If they cant then just ask some1 els. If they say yes and you do meet up(note: I find it better to talk about in person) just say you got some stuff to talk about and give him/her a little by little information and see how it goes.


I also feel like I dont want to be a burden to any1 thats why its diffecult for me as well to ask for help, I always think: why would some1 male time for me??? Guess thats a problem we all share.

 

[stuff]

I don't know how to.. 99% of the time I can't even bring myself to call anyone on the phone, my family and my best friend always have to call me first. It makes me feel like a lousy person :notworthy: but I just get so anxious about what am I going to say, I always think I am just going to sound stupid or like what I have to say doesn't really matter. I also get nervous because I know they detect that something is off in my voice. I often get "I'm worried about you" and I hate that because I don't want to cause anyone to worry. Like you, I don't want to burden anyone with me.

I feel exactly the same way.

 

[hazen]

Stuff,

I too have difficulty reaching out to friends. The only people I ever really talk to about my PTSD are my wife, my therapist. and my acupuncturist... which sounds odd.

I often wish I had more people to talk to... but like you I don't want to be a burden, and I feel like this is the PTSD harming me again. I often struggle with this.

You're not alone! I will take some of these folks advice to reach out to people when I can. You can too.