The Surprising Psychological Traps That Make Adult Friendships So Much Harder Than You Think
1) It’s not you, it’s the circumstances
According to psychologists, one of the biggest reasons we struggle to make friends as adults is because our circumstances have changed.
When we were kids, we were almost constantly surrounded by other children – in school, at playdates, in sports teams.
This gave us numerous opportunities to meet new people and build relationships.
But as adults, these opportunities diminish as work, family responsibilities and personal commitments take center stage.
Famed psychologist Carl Rogers once said, “That which is most personal is most universal.”
