[kittygilchrist]

I'm going to say this to nobody in particular on the subject of making friends in TV. I'm someone who knows what it is to avoid social contact and isolate oneself due to anxiety, depression, low self esteem.

If I thought TV would fix me, it has not. Wherever I go, there I am. What TV has done is give me every possible opportunity to overcome social avoidance by taking risks. It's working for me.

If it isn't working for you after you've done all you know to do to get friendships going, and you are not able to take risks to engage with people, I speak from experience professionally and personally when I suggest counseling. Some of us need medications to stabilize the emotions. Or you can go on like that forever thinking it isn't you.