Reaching Out to Others<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nAmongst your friends, there will be those who you know you can really trust, and also know that they will be there for you. These are your closest friends, the ones you want to spend the most time with. You especially want to focus on being there for them, too, so that your friendship is reciprocal. These are the go-to friends in your network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your other friends will all have places in your network, often based on where they are in your life. For example, if you play a sport, you will have friends that you know primarily as teammates. Much of your time and conversations will be based on the shared experiences of being on a team together, and as you reach out to them, this will be the foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing your boundaries with your friends will help you to reach out to the right friends at the right times and places. For example, you would maybe not reach out to that one friend that you sit next to in that one class and only talk to in that class if you had a major event happen in your family. That friend is more of a friend to make small talk with. You would reach out to your closest friends with big news, positive or negative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is truly no more need to be lonely anymore. You can find new friends using your improved self-confidence, and build your network of support to have friends in any situation. You can never have too many friends, so can always be adding friends, too. By using the skills that you learned in treatment, you can be proactive in pushing the loneliness out of your life and surrounding yourself with friends who really want to be there for you. Make loneliness a thing of the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Embark is the most trusted name in teen and young adult mental health treatment. We\u2019re driven to find the help you need. If you\u2019re looking for support, contact us today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Before you attended treatment, lonely was your middle name. You felt alone all the time and without friends. But now you know how important having friends can be. And you have gained skills that will help you make friends, create a whole network of friends. From now on, you do not need to be lonely.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":24088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[252,278,1749,44,169],"yoast_head":"\n
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