It’s nice to talk to someone who has similar interests as me
He's one of my incredibly many online friends, all of whom are equally good friends. He and the rest of them keep me engaged with life. Without them to talk to on Discord, there's not much left.
I've learned things from them and been able to see different perspectives
I know a guy in Canada now.
Greater confidence, adventurousness, support
It often made me feel less lonely
how hasn't it? we've been friends since i was 17, over half my life. he was there for me when my mom was diagnosed with alzheimers and in the rough times after she died. he's watched me grow, celebrated good times and cheered me up in bad times. he's my closest friend.
He's been a sort of role model to me. I feel more able to be myself because he’s the first person I ever met who was very similar to me in certain ways and proud of it.
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Allowed me to get out of an abusive relationship, provided comfort and a sounding board for my thoughts/issues, was a positive person during a very tough time for me
We’re the same age and have known each other for 13 years, so we’ve grown up together in many ways. We’ve met in person many times over the years and always had a blast. We’re similar enough that we’ve always had a lot in common, and different enough that our friendship has always been interesting. We’re from different continents as well so that’s always been a source of great discussion and mutual learning.
He is someone I can tell anything to which really helped when I was struggling with family issues I couldn’t tell in person friends because they knew my family and I had to keep up appearances
taught me about myself , made a good friend
Theyve a made strong influence on my personality and and entertaining as well as compassionate
At first, it helped me keeping contact with people and fight loneliness, at a time when I suffered from mental issues that prevented me from socializing in my everyday "offline" life.
Subsequent real-life meetings also made me travel quite a lot in my country, in different places that I would have not visited otherwise.
Absolutely. She’s been my closest friend for 10+ years and the person I can tell anything too.
Casual socialization when I didn't have many opportunities to meet people in real life is nice
They are my only friend who makes me valued and irreplaceable, and the only person I feel like I could tell anything.
Improved my self esteem, helped me feel less alone, taught me a lot about people and games that I might not have played otherwise, introduced me to other friends, helped me organise a raid team, helped me with financial difficulty, shown me that I deserve to be treated with respect, helped me heal from past trauma
Someone to talk to