Recently I made some friends online and they're pretty fun to chill out with, but the day before yesterday they made me really uncomfortable, I stated that I felt uncomfortable, they apologised and I said it was fine. Now I just can't bring myself to reply to them, they've tried reaching out to me and I don't want to ghost but I just can't talk to them.
The main problem is that this is a common occurrence that's happened with almost all my previous friends, and when I'm in this kind of state I can't even reply to family.
I don't wanna lose more friends due to my own stupidity, but I just feel helpless. Does anyone have similar experiences and/or have advice to help me avoid repeating this seemingly endless cycle