Feeling a little lost

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Today is my 25th birthday. The last time I regularly socialized was in high school (2007), and then I only had "lunchtime friends". I've been an unemployed shut-in ever since. I desperately wanted to find a job, but in between a couple of shots that caused me to have meltdowns from the stress (including working with animals and a grocery store), countless ignored applications, and two years with vocational rehabilitation (where they decided I was incapable of working... my social anxiety is through the roof).

I've been thinking on and off for a long time now, moreso in the past year or two, that I don't want to be in my thirties or forties completely alone. I don't want to be alone anymore, but I don't know how meet people or hold friendships. I'm not interested in sports, cars, or any of the typical guy stuff (I'm a heterosexual male), I'm a musician/computer geek/gamer. I don't know what to do or how to start, even on this forum. I'm completely at a loss, but all I know is I want to find a way out and this forum is all I could think of.

Hey sortajan welcome and Happy Birthday!! !!

You're not alone in this kind of situation, sortajan. Throughout my 20s, I've had trouble keeping a steady job, and I've failed at building up a social circle around me or even sustain a single true friendship. I find myself at a similar crossroads, where I wonder how I'll go about meeting other people.

I hope that reading this forum will help you find some advice. It has certainly helped me further.

Hello and Happy Birthday.
I'm similar, my social circle except for my family are only 5 friends, everyone else are either people I work with or friends I only see maybe once a year or once every 2 years. And when I'm not working I usually stay home and watch movies, play games or write, or I go out but alone and that is to go to a movie.

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