fuck i do not know, by accident lol. find an activity you really really enjoy and then go places that have something to do with that or go to places and find something other people like to do and ask to do it with them, example bowling

Easy for me to make friends and hard for me to keep them. most do not understand when my anxiety or agoraphobia comes on. I wish they would try and understand cause if they did and they were comfortable to ride out my attacks with me, then I would continue to go places with them. If i sense someone is nervous of me then i pick up on that and i in turn get nervous.If someone wont learn about what helps me i get nervous. some days i have no anxiety and forget what it is like to be with it. weird.

I find it helps to get to know a group one on one and then i am able to be in a crowd with all those same people.

Hey obsticle!... that first word there....hmmmm.. kidding. lol.

Making friends is not very hard for me, its keeping them. Most of the time i am too nervous to make conversation or even talk so they often think i am boring or am ignoring them, when in reality all i need is sometime before i can start acting myself around someone and feel comfortable. But alas most people do not give me that kind of time to warm up to them.

I have always been able to make friends well but once they want to go do something that is outside of my comfort area I cancel or dont show up. I always feel fine until they ask me personal questions and I hate to talk about myself... I usually want to crawl under the table and hide. I look away from them while their talking and they think I am not paying attention. In the last 7 years the only friends I still have are the ones that knew me before all this crap started.

I have a lot of good friends. They have seen me go thru the worst of panic/anxiety and agoraphobia.
I am just honest with them. And i have recruited most of them to take me for drives where i work on the agoraphobia, so we actually get to have some fun.
I am not the type to mope around, dwellling on my disorder....it is what it is.
I try to really fight this thing with everything i got....this has included serious diet changes, exercise, stress control and the willingness to put myself in uncomfortable situations.
My friends understand this and they see me working. I will not have them feel sorry for me because i don't feel sorry for me.