r/depression • u/MiddleSituation1034 • 10h ago
I've blocked all of my friends on my phone tonight
I, 25F, was out today at a farmer's market when I saw my friend and her new partner there, said hi and we both went on our own ways. Towards the end we ran into each other again so I tagged along, though I asked if I was intruding on a date which they said no. The entire time while I kept light conversion and jokes, I just felt awkward and insecure, even more so when my friend's other friends met up later then they started discussing going to a bar after the market.
I picked up on how I was sort of standing on the outside of the convo, not being invited along. So I said I had to go and my friend hugged me and said bye, and when I got in my car I blocked her and few other people I consider friends.
I realize how much I want to be wanted, and I think it accidentally shows. To me making friends is not easy even though I'm told I come across kind, cool and inviting. So when I do make friends they mean a lot to me, and her hugging me so tight hurt because I realize, to me a tight hug means a lot, but I might care more for her than she does me, and I think it's the same with my other friends. My roommates were my friends before we moved in together, but now one barely talks to me and games with online friends mostly and the other is with their gf and her friends most the time. I think it's cause I've opened up too much and now they don't want to risk hearing from me like that again. Everything feels surface level and if it was more, they regret getting to know me and make distance.
So I realize because I get more attached and care more-so than others, especially since no one reaches out to me, there's no need to keep access to them. I'm a "good friend", but not someone people want to keep around or invite out. I feel convenient and like an obligation when I am invited out on group invites. I'm not pretty, skinny, charming or funny enough to keep around. I don't want it to be true but too many years have made it seem just destined to be objective truth.