I always feel deppressed, I can never start conversations with people. I can't stand to have someone look at me, so I just stare at the ground all of the time. I feel like everyone either hates me or doesn't even notice me. I do have one best friend, but not much besides that. The only place I feel cared for is on the internet. I want to be noticed and yet. . . I'd rather be online. Advice or anything?

i suck ass on advice but im just gonna say what i think should come out.

you need to start going out and socializing to better your skills. if people don't like you, then you can't let it bother you. especially if you don't do anything wrong. it'll help you feel better to at least meet a new person also. just go with a friend to the movies and that person might bring one of their friends along and you'll meet new people and it'll start to grow.

soudns lame but w/e. up to you.

I'm an Internet addict, but only because I love to interact with my friends all at one time on IM.

Advice: Go out to movies or the mall with your best friend more often. If your best friend has some other friends, befriend them. During school, be more outgoing.
Good luck.

I guess with these 6,000+ posts you can say I'm a fellow Internet addict. Meh. I try to have a life, but that fails. I have about two friends in real life. If you're content with how you are now, then...don't change. But...as the others said, if you want to go out more, just make plans.

i really need a life too lol

Uh.
I'm a total internet addict, but my social life offline is alright..
Just make it a point to start a conversation, I guess..

JUST DONT CARE!!!

If people dont like you; then you can just say f**** them and move on. Just be more confident with yourself and a lil apathy helps a lot. Like some have said earlier meet people through your best buddy and maybe you'll form like a lil girly clique and next thing you know you'll be socializing like WHOA..........

So take this advice because all you need is confidence and some apathy to socialize in this world today. ;p

i used to have this kinda prob. well wut i did was like jus got out and got to knoe ppl.. i knoe a girl that jus dials random numbers and talks to them lol.. funny stuff but yea go out to sum parties and go to the movies all that good stuff!!

well i just joined last month and look at the # of post i have lol, anywho my buddy list is pretty much full but i only talk to a few certain people , theres nothing wrong with that but eh im trying harder now to bond with my friends

advice :
be more social,go out whenever u can, that means going shopping with a gaurdian or going places with ur friends, just take ur opportunities to go out...

on aim just because people dont msg you,that doesnt mean they dont really want to talk to u, so talk to them and try to catch up on things or try to know them better haha...

maybe u stair at the ground whenpeople look at u cuz u got low confidence and are paranoid, i use to do that, haha now i make eye contact and sometimes wink!(lol not very often)

if u have 1 best friend thats good enough,but try to be close with more than 1 person cuz it opens ur life up to new things and people......

i'm an internet addict too, ur not the only one. and i'm guessing most of da ppl here on cb r internet addicts... no?
well all u hav to do is b more confident with urself. find sumthing ur gud @. hang around with ur best friend often! go to the moviez, the mallz.... join an after skwl activity! or sumthing lyk dat. it can make a difference

You shouldn't let the internet take over you. You should try to meet some new people and hang out with them. Remember, not everyone may like you at first. But over time, you'll have new friends to be with

sometimes writing/typing what you feel to people is a lot easier than saying it...Sometimes it makes getting to know people better and being open with them easy because you don't rrreeeaally have to face them... But when you get a job or want to meet a guy or something, you're going to need people skills that you can only aquire by being with other people

what i have done is get my friend's friend's SN and talk to them online before i meet them so it won't be as bad..... almost found me a gf like that but then i said.... eh.

don worry, i have no life. only life i have is on the internet lol. i spend like 5+ hours on it XD

socializing....is better then the internet...i mean...the internet is not always a good resource..

i know exactly how you feel. i was depressed for a year, then i met new people. suddenly i have a social life. sometimes you have to broaden your circle of people and go out and meet new people (in person). having a fresh start is the way to go.

obviously the people you have around you now dont see the beauty in you. [/B]find someone you does.[B]

u kno it may not be your fault.. im the same way, im not very social simply because im not good at talking to ppl.. and i figured out my problem is Social Anxiety Disorder. you might have it too. look into it

heh.. im an internet addict also..... but i met a lot of people online from my school.... in reality im not the type of person people would really approach; (("style issues" and so they say)) but heh... started with one email; then the rest just began adding me cause i was on so often.. if youre more talkative online id say you could try adding a few people on msn or yahoo messenger; and over time friends of theirs will begin to add you... chain reaction you know? if youre comfortable with it.. aim for it.. but it is more healthy to get up and out there to talk.... youd eventually end up like me if you stay online too often... [talks to her ass: "damn youre lazy!"] but yea.. totally up to you; if youre more open to people online, over a few days you can easily get in their group and theyll almost imediatly accept you.. but id say in real life if you first try to fit into a group and they never considered you being there, its gonna be pretty awkward. lol just my oppinion though

i'm the same way. i have like, no friends offline. not even a best friend. all my friends live in different places and all are online.

dont think so negatively
try to be more outgoing and talkative
maybe if youre with your best friend it'll be easier to start conversations with other people

Like I said, I can't do that. Because my best friend lives in Michagen and she doesn't know anyone here, but perhaps I could take a plane over there, but I'm terrified of planes. What can I do to change that?

In Soviet Russia, we are, all of us, Comrades in the Revolution.

i was once addicted. but then try to get to noe ppl more. its hard, yeah i noe. but just try..