Tag: loneliness
#oneaday Day 787: Friendfreeslop
I read an interesting piece earlier on the phenomenon of "friendslop". This is a term I'm not overly fond of, but it serves a purpose as there appears to be a somewhat amorphous if commonly agreed sort-of definition. The piece explores how despite appearances, "friendslop" is something that continues to drive a bit of a...
Love and Romance in the Times of Our Apocalypse
86% of American adults aged 18-24 are currently unpartnered; 78% of dating app users feel exhausted by online dating. How are people supposed to fall in love while the Doomsday Clock ticks at 85 seconds to midnight? On the yearning microgenre that overtook social media, Indigenous scholars decolonizing the pair bond, global feminist movements withdrawing from heterosexual relationships entirely, and what it means to be a serial monogamist finally learning the difference between Eros and Agape.
when nothing is working out
i've tried to be as positive as i can about things but sometimes it is just so overwhelming when nothing is working out for you and you feel like your life has absolutely no meaning!
social isolation sucks ;w;
this post isn't going to be anything other than just getting some things off my chest in an attempt to try to help me feel less crappy!
struggling socially (｡•́ ̫ •̀｡)
hi friends - today imma be yapping about how i'm doing socially atm because i feel like it's a lot and i don't know where else to yap/vent about it tbh!
neurodivergent friendship struggles
it has always been a struggle for me to make friends. ever since i was a young child i've been ostracised, pushed out + bullied by so-called "friends". i never understood what i'd done "wrong" or what was so bad about me that people treated me so badly. i wanted to chat about some of the hardest thing i've found about friendships as a neurodivergent person (who didn't know they were neurodivergent most of their life!)