The first couple years of the pandemic were crazy for me on an interpersonal level bc I sure did boil myself alive in my own loneliness for months after more or less losing all my friends, tried to get out of that and subsequently become obsessed with a friend who sincerely didn't care about me, had stress headaches like every day for a month, joined twitter because my friend was more active on there, and then out of nowhere became friends with someone who actually did care about me and my interests in a way I'd never been cared about before instead of just Tolerating me, and I was able to not only make even more friends like that but also led to like every single online friendship I have now in one way or another by giving me a way to exist as I am without falling into the habits I had with my ex friend. Like it's still crazy to me that my life was changed so drastically like that.
