# Creating friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Welcome and introductions\ **Created:** [17 January 2025 13:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/creating-friends/78348 "2025-01-17T13:04:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JessicaJayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@JessicaJayne](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/JessicaJayne)\ **Post date:** [17 January 2025 13:04 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/creating-friends/78348/1 "2025-01-17T13:04:09Z")
Have noticed since being diagnosed with MS back in 2022 my social circle has become smaller and I don’t like…. I’m usually an out going person…. Has any experienced this or know how to deal with it ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Dogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@Hank\_Dogs](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Hank_Dogs)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2025 18:36 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/creating-friends/78348/5 "2025-01-18T18:36:00Z")
Hi Jessica, sorry for the perhaps intrusive question but do you know why your circle has become smaller. I’m not a particularly social person but I do know that with MS everything becomes just a little bit more difficult, takes a little more planning and e.g in my case the MS makes noisy, busy places a little uncomfortable. Some people feel a little unsure and perhaps uncomfortable in relating to someone with MS but I just ignore that and carry on being myself and without overdoing it , show that I’m basically just like everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![JessicaJayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@JessicaJayne](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/JessicaJayne)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2025 18:48 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/creating-friends/78348/6 "2025-01-18T18:48:39Z")
I think it’s because it take longer to plan things and actually having the energy to go out and do things. I’m not sure though ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Dogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@Hank\_Dogs](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Hank_Dogs)\ **Post date:** [18 January 2025 20:08 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/creating-friends/78348/7 "2025-01-18T20:08:56Z")
As @Ethan-Hawley says, local MS groups can be good. I haven’t joined mine yet but I know that they meet up for meals, coffee and catch up, cocktail and dinner nights ---
**Author:** ![Hank\_Dogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e95f7d/32.png) [@Hank\_Dogs](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Hank_Dogs)\ **Post date:** [19 January 2025 15:25 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/creating-friends/78348/8 "2025-01-19T15:25:59Z")
Just some idle thoughts. Do you have any particular interests or hobbies? Mine are natural history and birdwatching. Fortunately there is an RSPB reserve just a few miles away and , although I don’t join in, there seems to be a group who meet up in the centre for coffees/teas etc, a chat and bit of bird watching. Similarly and although I haven’t attended, there is a local natural history group who have monthly talks etc. My wife is into ‘crafts’ and there are various local crafting groups. She also plays a bit of Mandolin and Guitar and has joined a group of people who meet by video link to play and chat and sometimes in person . Just suggesting the above as examples of possible alternatives to meeting MS groups.