Loneliness

I keep finding myself over the moon whenever I get to exchange even a few words with people, even if it's just a stranger apologizing after accidentally bumping into me in a grocery store. So in reality I sometimes go days, occasionally even weeks, without talking to anyone but my boyfriend. I try to visit my parents' house at least every two weeks since meeting them makes me feel at better. Also seeing my in-laws makes me always very happy, but I see them maybe once a month.

My boyfriend has his own friends he hangs out with and I think that's great! It's just that whenever he goes out with them I stay home alone and feel even lonelier. I've tried to get out of the apartment, going running, cycling, things like that. On the long run it doesn't make me feel any less lonely though.

I've tried joining my classmates' conversations but they usually either talk over me or kind of just ignore me. I'm familiar with several students in my classes but we've got nothing in common except for school, so making friends with them hasn't really worked (I've been trying for 3 years and I'm getting a bit hopeless😅)

I have a wonderful boyfriend and a family I love dearly, and I do talk about my feelings with them. At the same time I don't want to burden them with my issues too much... I just feel like I've lost my social skills because I have no one to hang out with in my daily life and I don't receive texts from anyone but my bf and family😅 After all I feel like a healthy person should have at least one or two friends to talk to.

Any of you have similar experiences? Any advice and/or suggestions on what to do are very much appreciated! I'm also thinking that a hobby could be a good way to get to talk to people, so any suggestions on hobbies are welcome too☺️

Thank you for reading!