I hate having to do this...I’ve never done anything like this before, but I’m desperate. The depression has gotten so bad lately, and the loneliness is unbearable. I don’t have any real friends, just acquaintances here and there. I live alone, I have no social life, I go to work and come home, repeat. My family and I barely speak. My parents live 5 minutes away and I never see them. (I just don’t like going over there, it can feel toxic sometimes). I don’t have romantic relationships, nor have I ever had one, even though I desperately crave “the one.” I go through life completely alone and it’s very very hard. I have depression and anxiety. The anxiety prevents me from getting too close to people, and the lack of connection to people fuels the depression. I’m so overwhelmed and I have no idea how to escape this. I’m a 29 year old single gay man, I should be having the time of my life but instead I’m suffering in silence miserably at home by myself. I just don’t know what to do, I don’t know how I can continue on like this (I’m not suicidal, just a thought).