Posted by Dinah on May 1, 2005, at 9:02:32
In reply to How to make new friends?, posted by KaraS on May 1, 2005, at 3:31:22
If you don't work for a large corporation, finding friends can be awfully hard. But I think the boring old advice sounds most promising.
If you find something you're interested in, and do that, you're more likely to attract others than any other way.
A depression support group sounds good. But how about other hobbies. My mother met tons of people through my hobby of dogs. And she meets people through the garden society. Volunteering for a political campaign is such standard advice that the place might be swarming with people who are just as anxious to meet friends and/or mates as you are. If you're at all religious, church or synagogue is an unbelievable source. Because not only are you trying to reach out, but a whole community tries to reach you as well.
Once you get there, you have to reach out a bit. Cognitive therapy or a (blush) Dale Carnegie course might help there. Yes, my father was so embarassed with my lack of social skills that he sent me to Dale Carnegie when I joined him at work.
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