Having zero friends can cause insanity

So, the main theme of this thread is about friends/lack of affecting a person and you said "bunch of people who don't share any of my interests and can't help me to achieve any of my goals/dreams".. What was I to infer there, fella? Besides, everything you've said thus far in this thread would allude to that. Unless, you're trying to just talk about people in general, which would be a tad off topic.

Most my friends got jobs in different cities after college, which was kind of a bummer. :( Gets a bit lonely every once in a while, but I keep up with enough and see them occasionally enough to keep me sane. If I didn't have any contact with anyone, I buy it.

I believe people who turn into a loner have gone through something that made them that way, and they push everyone away because they don't want to get hurt nor hurt anyone else. It really depends on the person, but for me I turned into a loner for numerous reasons (mostly due to my PTSD and depression) but before I was a really popular, outgoing person. I believe it's people's experiences that make them that way or they are just quiet and want few friends.

I am an introverted extrovert, i basically can mix up with anyone or anywhere and i do also when i am new there, but i get bored of real people quickly and then prefer to stay away from them. There have been long phases where i remained friendless just cause i didnt feel like socializing, i am not sure if it can be called friendless coz in the end whenever i needed them they were there just that i didnt mingle much when my lone phase came. For me those times of friendless periods were kinda like more peacefull, i know this is different from others but that environment doesnt make me insane instead it gives me peace and helps me focus more and i kinda like it too.. its just that i know that without people's support living in society is difficult so i go out to mingle from time to time to maintain the friendships. But yeah now i am not currently in one of those lone-phases, presently i hang-out quite a lot.. like i said i am an introverted extrovert.

I've suffered being a loner at a young age due to the terrible lack of self-esteem that I had back when i was still at elementary. I struggle with conversation, and the courage to speak up this cause me to not have friends in school I was called weird and was often pick on cause I didn't really talk much, I was builled almost everyday, my classmate and even teachers did. My parents did know I had an issue but I was often told I was the one at fault that I need to speak up but I couldn't I always thought it was my fault no one is to blame but me I was raise looking down upon myself and I have idea what to do 6 years of my childhood was terrible and I couldn't even look back at it but I did change for the better I'm not a loner anymore :)

In elementary, I used to be really outgoing. I would joke around with a lot of people and talk a lot but middle school came and I ended up just hanging out with my twin and became friends with her friends. There was a time at the end of the school year my sister (aka my twin) told me how she stupid she looked hanging out with me and I guess that kinda hit? I knew it was weird at the time hanging out with her but I didn’t have anyone else. I didn’t have anyone else to hang out with or sit with at lunch.

^Same, during the fifth grade, I had a group of 7 friends I hung around with at school. By the beginning of 7th grade, most of them moved on to make friends with people who didn't like me for some reason and then turned on me. I have made other friends who have since come and gone, but I have also made new friends IRL since then who have been consistently loyal for much longer than brief period of time I had those friends. I also made friends in college who I still keep in touch with. I was never a loner, but I understand making friends and maintaining friendships might not be the easiest thing in the world.

I can happily live for several years with out talking to a single person, It does eventually take a toll on my mental health though.

I stopped randomly making friends with people I talk to(I can talk to all and get along with them in real life)~Those ''friendships'' are mainly temperoray,once our paths of life diverge because of factors like education,occupation,marriage..,the connections die.