Lonely. Sometimes I wished that my imaginary friends were real people. The thing is, I know that if they were real my relationships with them probably would be significantly less ideal than I imagine them to be, so I guess in a way I'm thankful that this isn't the case.
There is this one imaginary friend who I have who I basically consider to be my best friend (though sometimes it feels like if he were real we would probably be in a QPR with each other, lol) and I often think about how nice it would be if he were real. Still, my friendship with him in particular is probably one of the best friendships I've ever had, which is pathetic since he is basically just an extension of me. I have trouble with making friends irl and I also don't really want irl friends since I find irl friendships to be too stressful for me. I feel safer around my imaginary friends since I don't have to stress out about them potentially abandoning me or talking shit about me. At the same time, having real people to hang out with has its own benefits, such as being able to hear about unique experiences and opinions and being able to gain new insight. You just can't do that with imaginary friends.
My mom keeps on pestering me about trying to make friends at my uni but I don't want to befriend anyone from there. I'm not interested in forming friendships in general, but I especially don't want to be friends with people who go to the same school as me. The only friendships I feel interested in are my imaginary ones, especially the ones I have with him.
I don't really know where I'm going with this rant, tbh. I guess I sometimes can't help but find it boring being alone all the time, even though I do love being alone.
While getting to see my dad and my brother sometimes helps to fill that void a bit (I've always had a close bond with my dad that's a bit similar to a friendship) it just isn't the same. My brother is around a decade younger than me and my dad is, well, my dad. I love my bf but we don't live in the same country so I can't hang out with him. Plus, he is my bf and he is older than me. None of it is the same as interacting with someone platonically around my age. Sometimes it gets to a point where I think about reconnecting with my friends from high school, but that would be embarrassing and pretty awkward since I cut myself off from them years ago.
It's weird because I don't like interacting with people but I still sometimes crave human connection. I guess this just comes down to me being human and all. Being a part of a highly social species means instinctively wanting to form social connections, I guess (at least under neurotypical circumstances).