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I have had problems making and keeping close friends myself. I do not or cannot drive to get to places where I could easily meet friends. Not everywhere that I could find friends is accessible by public transportation. The friends I do make are "phonies." They put their phones on answering machine only and do not respond to my messages. They all are engrossed in their families only. The nice thing is that they accept me for who I am. From second to ninth grade I was a total outcast to my classmates. I started having seizures at 6. With all the stigma about that and living in a small town made it worse. I was isolated from my peers. That was me then. Now I live in the city and have lots of casual friends I interact on Mayo Connect. I must get out every day, otherwise I get cabin fever that soars very high
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@lsittll It's positive that your friends accept you for who you are, you make an effort to get out of the house everyday, and you want to make more friends. You have mobility issues due to public transportation and the county may be able to offer some solutions. I'm wondering if you are connected with your local county by means of a social worker?
Hi my name is Didi and I feel the same way as you did move to the city and had lots of friends I had moved to Florida and they have no friends I wish I could move back to the city and be around people who live in a small town don't know anybody and I'm very isolated
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That is a very sad story about your growing up. No kid should have to be put in a situation such as that. Unfortunately life is not designed to be fair, not even to innocent little kids. As an adult I hope you have been able to process that hurt and managed to grow from it and move beyond it. One good thing about life is that nothing lasts forever (although it can certainly seem like it, especially as a kid). Best, Hank