Why can't I make friends?

[Anonymous]

I only have one friend but that's only because we've known each other since our early years and our mothers have been friends for many years. However, she goes to a different school.

Besides her, I don't have any other friends. I've been given a false number and a false address a couple times. I don't get bullied but it's like no one wants to be my friend.

I do speak in a conversation but then it's like I don't hear from them again or they won't talk to me anymore. Or I got invited to a party once (some other girl insisted to others to invite me) and then never again. When I try speaking to others online, many times I've gotten ghosted. Why doesn't anyone want to be my friend? Why?

Updates

+1 y

Nope I never got bullied but I've been sitting in the school cafeteria alone for the longest. It sucks. I don't know what I'm doing wrong to get people not to be my friend.

[soz11122]

It is a tough process, but there might be something waiting for you at the end. This might be a time for you to redefine yourself and many things around you to form a new you. There are going to be friends, you have to know this, but many of them will act like you saw it. So don't try to force yourself to be in situations you know it will make you feel bad. Jut get new hobbies, look at yourself and know your own worth. The right people will come along afterwards...

[Asker]

Thank you

[Guccigabbana18]

I'm really sorry you're going through this. Maybe you just haven't found the right people who you really click with yet? Ask a neutral third-party advisor if there's anything you might be unknowingly doing that might repel people. But other than that, maybe it's the people around you.

[Asker]

yeah I'll go to my school counselor to see if there is something wrong with me, if I'm scaring people away or if my social skills suck badly

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you're trying to hard?