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Fleckeli
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PathStep 6 Compassion hearts129 Forum posts19 Forum upvotes37 Current upvotes37 Age GroupAdult Last activeSeptember, 2026 Member sinceOctober 6, 2022
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Looks like you've found yourself another one of those bipeds that roam the earth.

This one might be a very shy, (almost) social phobic creature, but hey I wouldn't mind talking about anything and everything :)






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A lonely person's ramblings
Friendship Support / by Fleckeli
Last post
May 2nd, 2025
...See more Loneliness is agonizing, and it seems too hard to make proper friends. I sense that's a given, and something that is all too common these days judging from what I sometimes see in posts online. For me, I feel it is a near impossibility to make what I could deem to be a "true" friend. The reason why I think that, to keep it brief, is that I am too fundamentally lacking on a social level to be able to be in a normal friendship. I say "normal" because I have somehow succeeded in building relationships with decent people and maintain them for some time, but only by tearing myself apart and putting on a painful façade that I am a more or less normal person that is worth keeping as a friend. Though I seriously appreciate these people, I have absolutely no sense of belonging when I am with them. To give some context without making this into a massive wall of text, I am someone with an incredibly severe disconnect with this world and its goings-on, especially for my age of 23. Seriously, I have next to no clue what is happening and might as well be living under a rock, as the expression goes, and to give an idea of how bad it is, as shameful as it is to say this, one time somebody wanted to tell me about the political situation in Germany, and I had to Google "right wing meaning" to remember what the term referred to, not that it did me much good. I am a real ignorant idiot, and I am none too proud about it. I have been a NEET (not in education, employment or training) for over a decade due to poor psychiatric treatment of what once was a fairly simple case of depression and social anxiety, and I have spent year after year just sitting at home and doing almost nothing but play video games. I barely watch videos, don't know a thing about music, don't follow local or global news, barely recall any of the very few movies and series that I managed to muster the will to watch, and generally lead an empty life (***, I barely play games anymore, I just replay the same linear shooters or screw around all on my own in games meant for co-op, or arguably worse, social games like VRChat) I don't know what kind of person would be right for me, what kind of person would enjoy my presence instead of merely tolerating it. I assume it would be best if it would be someone who is relatively similar to me. I always think that I should focus on myself, educate myself, develop new interests, and suddenly it'd be all too easy to find more people I'd feel comfortable with. You might've guessed that this is much easier said than done. I do make attempts to learn new things and be less of a caveman, but in my current mental state, it's just torture to say the very least, and I barely retain a thing from what I read/watch/practice/listen to. I so wish I had a close friend with whom I can co-exist. Just casually mess around in random games, watch things, talk with (if either of us could find something to talk about) or just sit together in silence. It would be great if we could help one another improve, maybe it would suddenly become so much easier to learn if we were to no longer suffer this deep, draining loneliness. For some reason I seem to better get along with non-native English speakers. I don't even know why I mentioned that. I apologize for this somewhat disjointed (and much lengthier than I intended) post. I hope I could find such a friend, or receive advice on how to find such a friend. I appreciate people reading this in any case, so thank you if you made it this far, truly.
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A Newbie's (slightly lengthy) introduction!
Newbie Hub / by Fleckeli
Last post
May 18th, 2023
...See more Hello good people. I am here on 7 Cups to gamble with fate and see if I can find someone who would -against all odds- want to be friends with me! I'm sorry if that was a little sad... but to try and introduce myself: I am a bit of an oddity that quit school at the age of 14 mostly due to social phobia (and a lot of mental stress in general). I was driven into a long stay at home under the effects of heavy treatments prescribed by what I think were some pretty incompetent psychiatrists. I gained a lot of weight then lost a lot of weight, I made a few attempts at recovery but "crashed" again about 2 years ago. It has been 7 years since I dropped out. I now find myself to be a lonely, anxious and confused person. I haven't had a good chance to cultivate any interests besides gaming (which I barely engage in nowadays either way), and I lack so much knowledge about pretty much everything... At the very least I tend to be open-minded and accepting of others; I try my best to listen to and discover other people and their interests as long as I don't torture them by being a complete dummy when it comes to even the most basic subjects...! People have such busy lives (at least from my point of view) and have much to do and learn. I come here to see if I maybe there would be somebody who'd somehow not mind my current state and would want to connect with me and try and become friends. :) sorry for the long text...
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