u/Hopeful-Guidance-648

I’m 22 and in my last year of uni. I’ve had a bursary covering my tuition and rent, which has helped take pressure off my parents. I also started a small business that helped me buy my own car and pay for driving lessons myself. I still owe around 8k on the car, but with some new clients coming in, I should be able to clear that fairly soon.

Lately though, life has felt pretty dull and lonely.

I started distancing myself from some friends because I realized they didn’t really respect me or put effort into the friendship, and that’s something I value a lot. At the same time, I’ve been trying to rebuild myself physically and mentally. I became very overweight because of depression, which I still struggle with, but I’ve started going to the gym again and improving my diet, and I’m slowly seeing progress.

I’d love to get into sports or be more social, but I’m not really confident physically yet and I honestly don’t even know how adults start socializing or building new friendships anymore.

I know I’m making progress in some areas of life, but emotionally I still feel stuck. Has anyone else gone through a phase like this in their early 20s? What actually helped?

would like to connect to peeps in my surroundings everyone is always from the US or Asia so if anyone is interested hit me up.

I am by no means a sensitive guy but i found this situation very disrespectful,. I went to pay my friend a visit at his dorm and a other friend of mine tagged along, To keep this sort he was fat shaming me a lot and if we are alone or with mutuals i wouldn't mind but the fact he was doing this infront of one of my new friends just through me off and made me somewhat pissed. He also doesn't answer my calls when i call him from time to time so i haven't been able to discuss this with him but at the end is this even someone i should call a friend?

I think AI is cool but it takes so much creativity and problem solving skills away from people especially newer devs. I am in my final year of university and i have first hand experience when it comes to the effect AI has on the young mind. I have seen students just use AI for basic things or really complex questions in my first year to students using AI do to the most basic things for them like they can't even think for themselves anymore. I hope we come to a middle ground where AI helps us be more efficient but doesnt controll your every thought