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Created on : Thursday, July 07, 2005, 09:19:42 am
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August 15, 2007, 12:06 am PDT

hey Tanja

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Dear everyone

 

My name is Tanja and I need some advice. Most of my life my family has been moving from country to country and I have been changing schools in the process. Now we have finaly come to my original birth country and we are here to stay. This is where my problem starts at all the schools Ive been to I have been treated as an outcast and have had only 1 friend or none in each school and after moving I get hurt emothionaly. Now here in finland I am having trouble making friends because Im afraid that oneday I might lose them. In my mind I know my family will no longer move now that my parents are devorsed and my father who was a diplomate is in another country. Im also somewhat shy and dont talk much which makes my problem worse. Can anyone tell me how to get over this fear of making friends and geting hurt by losing them?

Hello i dunno if i can really help but i thought i could try.
As a child we moved around alot as well and it is very hard to make new friends especially when you dont end up staying long. So i know how it feels.
In the end when we moved for the last time i decided that i would give eveyone a chance then make up my mind. I smiled and said hello and tried to see what i had in common with some people. It worked , so my advice is try to chat to someone that sounds like there interested in the smae stuff, you just have to be paitent. goodluck.
Oh and another thing don't just pick the cool people to be friends with , because half the time there the ones that cause you the most greif.
 
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August 17, 2007, 7:35 pm PDT

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Hello everybody,im knew at this stuff and seen this topic and thought 'wow' something i can relate to.
Ok im a 22yr old female and i have epilepsy, since i have this i don't drink or smoke and have found it very hard to make friends as im classed as not cool .
I dont understand it i like going out but not to night clubs , i enjoy rock'n roll and i'd love to have a friend to hang out with , go shopping, have chats , go to the movies etc. Yet by me wanting to do that kind of stuff i have lost so many so called friendships cause they find it to boring. Isn't there anyone out there anymore that just wants to have fun the old fashioned way?

I'm not the kind to judge, I know you have a special gift to share. All I can say is my son's girlfriend also has epilepsy. She has encountered many struggles in her life. I love her with all my heart as my own daughter. I feel very lucky to love both of my son's girlfriends for who they are. I would do anything I could to try to help. I am not perfect either, btw (who wants to be perfect anyway?), but one day I voiced out loud that I wished to learn to love myself as I was, this was a while ago. All I can say is some pretty amazing things have happened since that time. And I noticed the amazing things have been happening all along. You've heard it before, but just maybe practice loving and nurturing yourself as you are. I wish you all the best. Cosmic rule #1 is that you are loved as you are. Very truly,

 
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August 17, 2007, 8:12 pm PDT

relationships

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 why is it that its hard to find a girl friend to to love and be friends with and be happy ?

 im not good looking -disabe -can't see  or hear to good to drive or work . beleave me you would not want to be in my shoes .seem the ladys i meet only what one thing  money and sex and good looking man . i don't drink or smoke or take bad drugs .

 i dont even think dr.phil  ever talk about people like me who have a hard time finding the right one .

 in some ways i think he puts us down .sure there are man who are lazy and etc .but im not them .

   what i see in a person is what they are on the in side .and not what they look like on

the out side . same that the way lfe is here . but i keep going .becouse i know sooner or later there some one out there for me

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No matter which way I look at human relationships, it all seems kind of tricky to me. Can't force things ya know. Tricky is the best way I can describe relationships, even for people who do love themselves and have everything going for them. Some of my most alone time was spent in a relationship. It seems so simple, be kind, be truthful, be reasonable (not perfect), loyal to some degree, understanding would be nice. I think it has a lot to do with misinterpretations and intentions. No one is imune to misunderstandings. I'd like to tell you there is an easy answer. Maybe there is. In the book the Secret (I enjoyed much of that book), they talk about pretending your desire already exists, visualize it and act like you said, know it is happening. I believe it is the journey, how we treat each other, how we walk day to day. I could not tell you where you find your emphasis anymore than you can tell me where I find my emphasis. Once I wanted to understand the essence of the word Universe. U ni verse. U is a very interesting letter, I thought of flow like the opposite of resistance, one definition for U has to do with "internal energy" -- I think that is totally cool and freaky; "ni" in Lakota has to do with water and the essence of life, and verse is popularly understood as communication or song ,,, put it together and we have "flowing internal energy life song. " I like it, I like it a lot. But words are a little tricky too. All I can suggest is try to have some fun along the way. Lots of times people end up in relationships and are unhappy. It seems all we want is a little understanding and kindness and to be able to share these qualities with people or someone we really care about. Miracles do happen. I agree your circumstance sounds challenging, when I come to obstacles or roadblocks, I usually try to go around them. One thing I am learning too is to try to not get stuck on words, sticky as they may be. Para la vida.

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August 17, 2007, 9:41 pm PDT

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hi

 why is it that its hard to find a girl friend to to love and be friends with and be happy ?

 im not good looking -disabe -can't see  or hear to good to drive or work . beleave me you would not want to be in my shoes .seem the ladys i meet only what one thing  money and sex and good looking man . i don't drink or smoke or take bad drugs .

 i dont even think dr.phil  ever talk about people like me who have a hard time finding the right one .

 in some ways i think he puts us down .sure there are man who are lazy and etc .but im not them .

   what i see in a person is what they are on the in side .and not what they look like on

the out side . same that the way lfe is here . but i keep going .becouse i know sooner or later there some one out there for me

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 I came here with some of the same frustrations about relationships and I have everything going for me. Reading the info here helped me put things in perspective. You are right, women in general don't want to "carry" a man. No one can give us the answers we seek. I think it is perfectly natural for individuals to wonder why people are the way they are -- just like it is natural to desire a friend or companion to share ourself with. So for what its worth, thank you all.

 
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August 22, 2007, 6:26 pm PDT

The impact of having no friends

  

             Humans are social animals with an innate desire/need to be around others for various different reasons:this is why I am seriously worried about my friendship status, I have seriously not had a meaningful friendship since I was 7 years old, the result of this has profoundly damaged my feeling of self worth and I feel my mental health is decaying the longer my lonely state continues, the fundamental problem is once you are friend-less this long changing matters is all the more difficult.
 
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August 25, 2007, 6:32 am PDT

thank you

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I'm not the kind to judge, I know you have a special gift to share. All I can say is my son's girlfriend also has epilepsy. She has encountered many struggles in her life. I love her with all my heart as my own daughter. I feel very lucky to love both of my son's girlfriends for who they are. I would do anything I could to try to help. I am not perfect either, btw (who wants to be perfect anyway?), but one day I voiced out loud that I wished to learn to love myself as I was, this was a while ago. All I can say is some pretty amazing things have happened since that time. And I noticed the amazing things have been happening all along. You've heard it before, but just maybe practice loving and nurturing yourself as you are. I wish you all the best. Cosmic rule #1 is that you are loved as you are. Very truly,

 Hello i would just like to thank you for your advice i am trying to love myself it is just hard sometimes. Thank you for making me realise that not everyone is perfect , you are an amazing person for being there for your son's girlfriend they are both lucky to have you. Thanks again for your help. I wish you and your family the best happiness  for the future.
 
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September 3, 2007, 4:17 pm PDT

Difficulty Forming Friendships

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Beauty is only skin deep.  (that's a song)

 

In high school, you couldn't tell me that I wasn't cute as a button, fine and foxy... Course that was many years ago... but I was ranked at the top with all the cute and beautiful girls with brains and long black hair....

 

But.... You know there is always a but....

 

People still picked on me. They said my butt was so flat that if I sat down, I would slide out a chair....  I learned to laugh at it, cause after all I was flat as a pancake in those days...

 

Truth be told, I suddenly woke up one day and was standing in the mirror and said, hey, I'm cute... I was in the 7th grade... prior to that I thought I was so ugly that a group of crows was laughing at me while sitting on my grandma's clothes line.... Clearly it was all in my mine.

 

To this day, you can't tell me that I am not cute.... My husband tells me all the time, and man, just lift a camera and see who smiles first... that's me... runs in my family. We love those Kodak moments.

 

Someday, that will be you...

 

Sincerely

One of my favourites is' "It's what's inside that counts"

sung by Coleman Wild(e)?

 

 
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September 24, 2007, 4:47 pm PDT

Difficulty Forming Friendships

Over the past few years I delveloped alot of friends on the Dr Phil depression board and today when I wake up POOF!~ All gone! Is this Dr Phil's way of weeding people who cant keep up out? I wrote him but as usual he wont write back this sickens me! I even had diaries and stuff which have helped me over all these years here!
 

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September 24, 2007, 7:45 pm PDT

Difficulty Forming Friendships

Hello message boarders! I watched Dr. Phil today and that is how I ended up on The Dr. Phil Community!
 
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October 4, 2007, 10:06 pm PDT

50+ Looking for Friendships

I am looking for friendships on the board.  I am a female over 50.  I have read Colin Powell's book, both of Barak Obama's books, Bill Clinton's book, books by Tavis Smiley, Tim Russert's book about his father and other books by political authors.  I enjoy vocal and instrumental jazz and my computer.  I enjoy making cards using my Hallmark program and sending cards to my family, friends and to our soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afganistan and those in the VA hospital near my home.

 

I love my grandchldren and enjoy talking with them even though they are across country from me.  I have anxiety problems and have a very difficult time leaving my home except for doctor appointments. I also have arthritis in both knees and need surgery but afraid to have the necessary surgery.  I am an attractive person, but overweight by nearly 100 lbs. 

 

I just want friends who are uplifting as I try to be to others.  I would love to have board friends who would just say "HI" and find out the person that I am.  I don't want to meet anyone, just board friends.  Do I have any one out there who might be interested in becoming a board friend.  And I don't mean male friends, I mean male or female board friends...FRIENDS!  So do I have any friends out there? 

 
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