Are you lonely OT? :(

I'm similar and realized some friends can hold you back from excelling. Well carry on the good work with being a medical student, etc.

Well stated. TC just be optimistic.

You pretty much described me entirely, only I'm an engineering student. I have a lot of people who I consider more of acquaintances or colleagues, but make very few "real friends" who I see regularly. I guess my personality just doesn't click with people (to be honest I have very little in common with most of them.). I'm usually too busy to think about it anyway.

Nah I'm not lonely.

I'm not lonely, but I'm alone. I like it that way.

This.

I have a family, so no I am not alone.

No because I have my family and a few close friends that all care about me.

Don't worry, OP. That medical degree will pay off. Doctors make tons of money, and assuming that you won't be working too many hours per week, you'll have tons of leisure time to enjoy the company of those who will be attracted by your wealth.

I get lonely sometimes even with family, friends, and a dog. I could use come companionship, but I'm too socially inept to land anyone. And I'm also not very attractive.

I guess. I suppose I'm pretty lonely. It's kind of weird though. Like, 80% of the time I love being alone, being that feels liberating. No one nagging on me or annoying me with their problems or telling me what I should or shouldn't do. And that 80% of the time feels great.

But then there's that 20% of the time when I feel painfully alone. No one to talk to, no one to touch, no one to bounce my ideas off of or give me support.

So...i don't know. It's a mixed bag. Sometimes being alone is great, and sometimes it isn't. Either decide that things are okay the way they are and leave them the same, or decide to make a change and then do things differently.

Like you, I'm not the social type. I stopped caring about trying to make new friends. From personal experience, friendships outside of high school don't last long.

I may be alone, but I'm not lonely. I feel very content by myself.

I haven't made a friend in years... it's just very hard to choose one in such a fast pace world.

lol - what about the person he is?

I think society places a lot of pressure on people to have lots of friends but its often quite artificial and a lot of people prefer a more quiet and sincere lifestyle - which is perfectly okay if you ask me.