I've had a shit couple of years with infertility and depression. It's affected all areas of my life and the infertility stuff is still ongoing.
I've been in therapy for nearly a year now which has been slow going but helpful.
One of the areas this has all affected is friendships. I've lost so many friends and we've also lost couple friendships. I've gone from seeing people at least once a week, individually or as couples, days/nights out, having people round/going to theirs and all of the extended friendships that come with it.
I'm now literally down to 2 friends, one of them I hardly ever see (not for any negative reason), and the other I see more often but not all that often.
I've become such a lonely house hermit and as much as I love being at home and I really, truly do, I want to be seeing people and having good conversations, having a glass of wine, going to a museum, going out in the woods. I do all these things with my other half or on my own but it's just not the same is it?
How on earth do I make friends. I did join a local gardening group and they're all lovely but significantly older than me, which is fine, but they're in a different stage of life.
I have joined an online thing called grounded connections but I feel like a tit! I haven't met up with anyone yet because I've only just signed up, but I'm a bit shy meeting others too and it takes me a while to warm up!
Has anyone found themselves in this position before and can offer any advice?? Thank you!