How many friends do you need? ALSO - Do you need regular breaks when seeing people

I have one close friend.  I find it hard to have more than this.  I loose contact with people  easily and tend not to stay in contact with people.  Does anyone also experience this? 

Also - Whenever I am at something social I often need to have  break from everyone every half hour or so for 5 -1 0 mins at least.  Anyone experience this? 

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  • I only have a couple. I see them once or twice a year probably and find that it's quite hard to socialize with them as our lives have changed quite a lot and we have a lot less in common now. Normally it's in the pub so I'm ok after a couple of beers have loosened by inhibitions and I stop overthinking everything, but I gave up alcohol a few months ago and now whilst I'm looking forward to seeing them I'm also really nervous about whether or not I'm going to be able to keep a conversation going or if it's just going to be awkward.

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  • I only have a couple. I see them once or twice a year probably and find that it's quite hard to socialize with them as our lives have changed quite a lot and we have a lot less in common now. Normally it's in the pub so I'm ok after a couple of beers have loosened by inhibitions and I stop overthinking everything, but I gave up alcohol a few months ago and now whilst I'm looking forward to seeing them I'm also really nervous about whether or not I'm going to be able to keep a conversation going or if it's just going to be awkward.

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