Part of me quite likes the idea of living alone, always like being the only one in the house (like I am now staying in while my housemates have gone out for Halloween :idc:) but I reckon id get bored of it after a while and get stuck in a rut where I end up never getting round to meeting up with people and stuff

I love alone and I love it. I can do what I want. Most of my friends are from work and we meet once a week to go out. :)

Do you not see workmates socially? I would bite the bullet and go out alone like zee said, if you feel safe to do that where you live.
Do you have the neighbours on fb, if you put 'we're off to (club) anyone out' maybe they would meet up?
You can always say you lost your mates or they pulled lol!

Yay my idea was applauded :D

Hi Conzors, above you multi quoted posts from Ammi, Zee,Germyle and Kizzy that all have good advice in them.

I have never lived alone although have been away from home at Uni. I managed to share a house with 4 others so had company when I wanted it and when I wanted to be alone was able to do that too.
Since finishing Uni but doing some work now,I remained in the house we all shared with 2 others so again not alone so advising someone who feels a bit lost as you seem to feel at present is something I would be unwise to do.

All I will say is you have taken an independence step, which on the surface also looks a forward one as to how you saw your situation at home.
I hope you will come to get used to it and be able to plan your future from that base too, it is after all a stepping stone to your longer future and it may be that in the future you can move to bigger premises with someone else sharing that will help with bills etc:

Home is somewhere you can still visit and re charge your batteries so to speak,so I would hope you can stick at it and everyday is learning something more as to better ways of coping.
I applaud your efforts at only 20, and your position in work, they are all things to be really proud of as to achievements.
I am 21,nearly 22 and think, although I love being alone a lot of the time, I will always choose to be able to have someone else around.

So well done on taking that step to your independence, good luck for the future.

..just try to remember, Connor that meeting people/making new friends isn't 'bugging people'...it's not only a good thing for you obviously but it's good for them as well...we all 'stretch' by meeting new people as we go through life..and they get just as much pleasure out of it as you do..you only feel that you're 'bugging' them because you're so aware of your own changes in life and how you're feeling, so that's how you see it and what makes you 'hold back'..people need you and to be around other people just as much as you do...