How to stop being needy for friends?

[Anonymous]

I live in a strict Arab country and making friends with girls was a hard mission cuz I have social anxiety and whenever I trust one of them they spread fake rumors about me and gossip about me and they were the good girls in the public eyes so basically making friends with the rude and full makeup is harder especially they don't like being friends with someone who isn't skinny it's like tradition here and I'm fat kinda feeling needy to have friends and I recently cut my fake friends cuz they don't invite me or anything and I kinda feel sad tbh I just want one good friend who isn't a hypocrite or stab in the back gossip about me laugh about my flaws just that but I don't feel like am going to meet good people so I kinda want stop feeling needy for friends

[athelete_7]

Find a hobby get good at it find similar peeps that like that hobby and talk to them about that hobby. Be it reading sketching coding or even gyming or any sport. Or enjoy ur own company i faced similar situation in past. as a kid i was bullied a lot guys threw me away cuz i was week in soccer i started running alone while they used to play slowly i started gyming and started enjoying my own company. U can make freinds via a hobby or either learn to enjoy ur own company.

[Andridaca]

You gotta discern between who is friend-worthy anod who's not.
However, I have no friends, yet I don't really feel needy, so do what I did: isolate yourself for five years.
People need friends, man, it's a part of growing up. You live, you learn. Don't make the dire mistake of remaining within safety.
Be brave.

[Guy13]

We all are that way. We all need relationships and friends that are in real time. Go see a counselor

[Anonymous]

No Hobbies so you can meet friends?