I’m in the Uk and we’ve been in and out of lockdown and lockdown lite for nearly a Year now. This has been tough on me mentally as I don’t really enjoy messaging girls online that I do not know and having basically all my communication with women online. Recently I’ve noticed I have this inner urge to post a selfie or a picture of me so I feel ‘noticed’ and in the hope of maybe getting a replies off that picture. This has gotten really bad now: I feel like a lot of it is due to lockdown, as a 19 Year old I need to socialise to feel normal. Luckily, I’m going to college/university in September so im excited for that and the social experiences.

I feel like I need to prove a point constantly and I get that everybody likes being complimented but lockdown truly has made me feel so worthless at points. I eat well and I’m in pretty good shape.

Can anybody help or relate to this?