The first part of the article In the first part of the article I described a client case and thought about whether it is worth working through the fear of loneliness. The second part of the article In the second part of the article I wrote about what communication pitfalls prevent you from easily getting acquainted and what practical actions can be done. Many people are afraid to take the first step and be intrusive, but think about it, maybe others would really like attention? Others also need communication. Remember this when you come to a conference, networking, public lecture, concert, thematic meetings, language courses. Why do people dress up and come to events? Everyone wants to be needed, understandable, live in action, and not decay from boredom after work and on weekends. Nobody wants to be lonely and live their life boring and mediocre. Think this way and you will realize that others also have an incentive to communicate and get to know each other! Returning to the topic of online: if a person really wanted to study a topic, but did not want to hang out and communicate, then he would really find a way to get this information online. Of course, this does not apply to everything, but to many activities and areas. Limit communication with toxic people. It doesn’t matter who it is, even if it’s a close relative. This may be one of the reasons why it is difficult to make contact with new people. Repeated negative communication experiences can reduce your self-esteem enormously, even to the point of apathy and depression. You can reduce the impact of this experience on you yourself using various practices, some of which I describe in my articles. You can fully work through and quickly free yourself from such an experience with the help of a psychologist. Choose leisure formats that involve people communicating with each other. Some of my clients complained that they go to plays and movies, and lectures and don’t get to know anyone. And so on for months, years! These are a format that does not involve communication. Here a person or people from the stage (or screen) communicate with the viewer. Of course, someone meets here too. But it's just less likely. Where communication is involved: master classes practical training (for example, public speaking, acting courses, debate clubs, book clubs, foreign language clubs) team games (sports competitions, board games, transformation games, etc.) pair dances vacation trips, where all united by a common theme (yoga tours, tours for photographers, artists, tourist groups in the mountains and so on) and here my fantasy ends, you can write your options in the comments, I will add them to the article later :) The opportunity to meet people and make friends increases, if this is not a one-time event, but a long one. For example, a club of interests that meets once a week and is such a stable group. Or training lasting from 1-2 months, rather than one-time training, but which lasts 1-2 days. Oh, and what can we say about a vacation where you climb mountains, sit around a fire, and are united by joint activities! Adrenaline, new impressions, even mutual assistance and possibly dangerous situations - all this is an opportunity for each participant to reveal themselves as individuals and unite. And I think I’ll end this topic with useful preparatory practices that will help you understand yourself more and increase your self-esteem for future acquaintances and self-presentation, which will be in one of the future publications. Subscribe and thank you for your attention! Where did you meet your friends? Sign up for a consultation: [email protected]Watch the video on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuFALXLKOSXl9pbspZq4avg