For about six months, I've been withdrawing from people and avoiding social interaction in general. This includes old friends, acquaintances, coworkers, calls, texts, and meetups.

I don't feel connected to anyone the way I used to. When I'm around close friends, I often go quiet because I have nothing to say and don't feel interested in continuing the conversation. New acquaintances sometimes feel easier because there's less expectation or pressure to feel connected.

Sometimes I feel okay initially when meeting or talking to someone, but after a while, I return to the same disconnected feeling. I don't know whether I avoid people because I don't feel connected or whether I feel disconnected because I've been avoiding them.

Interaction feels like too much effort, and I'd rather be alone. I sometimes feel I wouldn't care much if my friend group disappeared from my life. Yet I occasionally wish I could enjoy their company like I used to, and this change frustrates me.

I've also noticed less excitement, affection, and anticipation, along with more emotional flatness and some sadness. I still enjoy other things in life, but my feelings towards people and relationships have changed.

I've experienced shorter periods of withdrawal before, but this has lasted six months.

I want to understand why I'm feeling this way, why I can't connect with people anymore

Question

For about six months, I've been withdrawing from people and avoiding social interaction in general. This includes old friends, acquaintances, coworkers, calls, texts, and meetups.

I don't feel connected to anyone the way I used to. When I'm around close friends, I often go quiet because I have nothing to say and don't feel interested in continuing the conversation. New acquaintances sometimes feel easier because there's less expectation or pressure to feel connected.

Sometimes I feel okay initially when meeting or talking to someone, but after a while, I return to the same disconnected feeling. I don't know whether I avoid people because I don't feel connected or whether I feel disconnected because I've been avoiding them.

Interaction feels like too much effort, and I'd rather be alone. I sometimes feel I wouldn't care much if my friend group disappeared from my life. Yet I occasionally wish I could enjoy their company like I used to, and this change frustrates me.

I've also noticed less excitement, affection, and anticipation, along with more emotional flatness and some sadness. I still enjoy other things in life, but my feelings towards people and relationships have changed.

I've experienced shorter periods of withdrawal before, but this has lasted six months.

I want to understand why I'm feeling this way, why I can't connect with people anymore

Anonymous Practitioner · Accepted Answer

I may be need to know something is happened in before 6 month.

If it happens, you need them the situation any thing not they are appeared so you face alone. Now you may overcome that so you don't need them. It is so common. For stranger you don't have any expectations so easily because friends.

Other thing is you may mature or you in different state. Pervious every one in same level and different that it.

Simple you connect with a people have same mental level. If wavelength is differ you may not able to connect that it. You try to maintain but it's harder you are not same before you become different.

Simple before you are milk. So they come you become tea, coffee,  milkshake,  any other. Now you become tea so you mingle with tea only, If you might with coffee it won't work