In not caring about relationships, romantically and not, with anyone, in 2026?

[Texann]

I spent the majority of 2025 alone, quite literally, outside of the relationship I have with my mom. I reached out to close ones for support, saying "I need help" and "I am depressed", but no one except for my mom took me seriously or tried being there for me. No one was there for me while I dealt with clinical depression... And I am 100% okay with that fact. I do not hold any ill feelings towards anyone! It was an eye opener, after the grief passed, that no one I had invested so much love and energy into was there for me. It was as if I had put way more value into the relationships I had than any of the other people involved. This was both romantic and non.

Now in 2026, I really don't care to have a relationship outside of the one I have with my mom. I am pleasant around everyone, I treat everyone with kindness and respect, I say hi to people and I am friendly, but I just don't want to invest in relationships only to be the one discarded later. I want to go through that type of trauma again 🤕.

Has anyone experienced anything like this before?😥I wish I could see myself being happy for the rest of the year! But I genuinely don't 😭

I've done this after some awful romantic relationships. I find friendship very overwhelming and like being alone.

I have a good relationship with my parents and siblings but outwith that I don't have any social or romantic relationships.

I get on well with people at work and happy to pass the time of day with them and be friendly but I feel so free without the obligation and pressure that comes with friendship.

I think if people have let you down and you're happy in your own company, it's not a bad thing. I feel far less lonely now that I'm pleasing myself instead of trying to shoehorn myself into relationships where I don't fit in.

Sorry you went through that OP, but it sounds like you need to make some better friends. Could you start slowly meeting new people through hobbies or apps like MeetUp and then go from there? It should perhaps be a long term goal to build up some other relationships as one day your mum will no longer be around and you’ll need others.