It’s really embarrassing, and I want to stop. It’s so hard to stop even if I know what I’m doing in that moment, because I honestly have become extremely desperate lately bc of my extreme loneliness, lack of friends, etc

Aside from the obvious go out there and get friends (which I’m working on but those have their own obstacles), what other things can I try when I’m tempted to betray myself? I feel like because I’m conscious of it when I do it it’s even harder to fix it