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Originally Posted by flameswin
For me it was really bad depression that basically led to the same thing. Instead of no friends it was "duck out of everything until no friends bother anymore".
Had health issues that eventually led to no more hockey (could play now, but I've been out for too long) at the same time as developing bad depression.
It was a bad cycle I guess; Friends call - too depressed to go out - friends stop calling - more depression - friends try some more - too depressed to go out. Eventually they stop trying and rightfully so, as the answer is always "yeah, I'll think about it" followed by nothing.
So I'm basically in the same position; Just work, go home, go to work etc. It sucks, but there's no other options in this state, so I just work hard and try to keep my head up.
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I wanted to respond to this because I can relate to this for sure. I went through a thing where I was crazy about one of my best friends, we tried briefly and then a whole bunch of crap hit the fan. I wanted to stay away from my group of friends for this reason as I didn't want to talk about it, or see her, and being around all those people just brought me down. I went into a pretty good depression that is exactly what you;re talking about.
I got out of it (with the help of a wonderful lady and my awesome puppy who I got at what I would consider my lowest point). My suggestion would be to start taking the initiative yourself again. Start calling up your friends, go for a beer or a movie with them or whatever you like/used to do. You're true friends will welcome you back no problem. People understand that everyone goes through tough times and not many will hold that against you. Most likely, they will be happy to have you around again.