Wednesday 20 November 2019

How to Overcome the Fear of Making Friends as an Adult

a post by Kurt Smith for the World of Psychology blog



Making friends is straightforward, when you’re a kid. Why isn’t it as easy to make friends as an adult? As a kid if you wanted to make friends you could just ask another kid if they want to play. There were usually toys or a playground involved and before you knew it you were laughing and playing with your new friend.

Yes, that’s a bit of a simplification and it isn’t always that easy for all kids. Nonetheless, making friends as children and even teens seems a bit more natural than it does for adults. As adults we’re busy, we put up walls, or focus on family, and then one day we look around and realise we don’t have as many friends as we would like — maybe we don’t have any at all.

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