I can't bring myself to be interested in people

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There are people I have seen multiple times a week for over a year and I can't remember their names. When people give me their numbers, I never call back. When I see people I know and am sometimes friendly with are talking, I frequently avoid them just because talking seems tiring and I'd rather not.

I'm nearly thirty and this is really settling in. My list of contacts on my phone is less than 10 and mostly family. And I'm not close to them.

I go to meetups, I go to martial arts classes, I do online dating. I'm good at superficial conversation. I can be friendly, and people seem to like me. I'm not socially anxious or anything. But I can't bring myself to care about the people I interact with.

I'm a little lonely, but mostly okay. I just wish I did care about people. Everyone else seems to care more than I do.

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  • fakeaccount2
    6 years ago

    Same. Well, people are interesting, but friendships feel too damn weird to be enjoyable. I have no idea how to make friends tbh although I have a lot of acquaintances, it just feels super fake and no interest to get closer than that.

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  • CrommCruaich
    6 years ago

    Don't worry about that, maybe you didn't actually meet people that deserve your attention, the world is full of morons, there are few people who can be trusted. I also don't care about people, because they don't care about me either, but if there is someone who likes me and cares about me, i like to consider that person as my friend and i don't ignore him/her anymore. I can count my friends with the fingers from a single hand, so don't feel sad..... that's how life is nowadays..... we are getting more and more lonley, because people think only of money and sex, values are no longer respected.

    Also, nobody cares more than you... no one cares... just because unlike you they can pretend to care... it doesn't mean they actually care, i know i use "care" too much but "care" is the important word here. :D

    So don't worry and take care! :)
    As someone said, life is the sum of moments we were happy, not the moments we tried to change the way we are to look more interesting to other people! [I might be paraphrasing of course. :D ]

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  • RoseIsabella
    6 years ago

    Maybe you're depressed and anxious?

    ... but cats really are much more interesting than humans.

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