help me make friends haha

enfieldacademy
Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:29:31 +0000

Is it possible for you to see a therapist? You could probably get prescribed medication for anxiety from him/her, as well as support.

Changing your diet might help also. Like quit eating refined foods (if you are) and replace them with vegetables and whole grains and good fats (olive oil, eggs) and so on. Depression has got to do with changes in neural networks and dyregulation of hormones (in this case due to you not having friends), which inhibit neurotransmission of dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine, etc. - all the things that make us happy). It has very real biological effects, some of which can be attenuated by an improved diet.

What nice about changing your diet, is it’s something you can do to help yourself that’s not so stressful. You don’t have to constantly try to interact well with others, and then feel disappointed if you don’t, etc.; instead you can work on the problem from a different angle; and if it works - if it helps you to feel better - then (1) the original problem (not having friends) won’t hurt so much, and (2) you will probably be in a better position to address it.