Some quick context, I am 21 years old (m) and for the past three months I have been doing an internship as part of my university degree. During this internship, I have made a few friends. I am not sure if they would want to stay in touch but I would love to. This internship has been the only consistent thing in my life for the past 2 months and it ends next week.
Many things are also happening this month that are life changing. My parents are expecting another baby next week. This will change my family forever. A problem has happened at my part-time job which has caused the entire team to change. Those people who I used to talk to and vent to are now gone. I have a shift tomorrow where I am working with a whole new team that’s replacing my original one. I feel that I am starting a new job and working with strangers.
I was in touch with my friends from highschool for a long time now. But recently some of them have had a falling out. So they don’t talk to each other and some friends have disappeared completely. We haven’t gone out in months because of this and I suspect that the whole friend group has ended now.
So many people which I have relied on have been gone from my life or their focus has changed. I feel lonely. Like there is no one to share my problems with or enjoy my time with.
I’m sure this is a problem on my side but I don’t know what to do. How can I make my work friends or internship friends into personal friends that I can talk to outside of work.
Sorry if this has become too ranty but I feel that I had to say this somewhere.