This is my first time posting to this subreddit. I'm looking forward to sharing my battle with anxiety over the next few months.

I suffer from anxiety (generalised and social), OCD and mild depression. I speak with a therapist every week which has really helped. I'll share more details about my struggle with mental health at a later date but for now I just wanted to focus on the lonliness.

I'm a male in my mid-20s. I have one person (outside of family) that I can call a friend. This friend has a wife and kids. I have none of that. I've never experienced any sort of love or friendship with the opposite sex.

I live with my parents. They are amazing and have really kept me going for the last few years. But I need a social circle. I need friends outside of my home. I want to fall in love. I want to laugh and joke with friends. I just want to have fun in my life. Sorry if this sounds cheesy but cheesy doesn't mean it's not true. I feel like I've missed out in life.

I enjoy my job but everyday when I come home it's just the same old routine. I don't feel like going out because of social anxiety. I'm so tired and lethargic from depression. Weekends are the same.

The only path I see ahead is one of lonliness. I have nothing against people who decide to live a life of solitude. Do whatever makes you happy. I just know that it isn't the life for me. It scares me.

I don't know why I'm posting this. I just needed to get it out of my head.