Feeling Alone Among Friends

You ever feel like you don’t have any real friends even though, technically,

you do? Let me explain. I’ve had a lot of friends my whole life—I’ve never

actually been alone. There’s always been someone to talk to or hang out with, but it still feels

like no one genuinely cares about me. I feel like none of them actually give a shit.

I could go weeks, months, even years without texting anyone, and not one of my

300 contacts would hit me up with a simple ‘hey, how’s it going?’ Like,

come on. The other day I asked my best friend to hang out and he told me he was

super sick and his parents wouldn’t let him out. I was like, yeah,