How do you go about making friends as an adult?

Posted by miller0304 @miller0304, Jun 1, 2022

How do you go about making friends as an adult? Depression and some codependency has made it difficult to maintain friendships I had. Insecurity and fear makes it difficult to make friends now
Any advice appreciated

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mar1419 | @mar1419 | Jun 27, 2022

A long time ago (in my forties...now i'm in my seventy 6) my psychoanalyst told to me " friends are not for all life long"...Today I think that was completely correct. I do not think that lose friends is caused by depression or another reason.... i believe that life proposes differents paths for mutiple reasons and all the people go changing through life.
As life goes by, the options are smaller or the projects are shorter, so today I enjoy minimal conformity in everything I do... just to spend nice moments with others.
Stop looking for "friends for life"
One never knows what a brief encounter, a common chat, etc., will produce.