MAKING friends when you’re an adult doesn’t happen in the same way as when you were a kid.
It’s more complicated and takes more effort, and even though technology connects us online, research seems to indicate that socially we’re more disconnected than ever before.
Yet friendship is vital in our lives, says psychologist Marisa Franco, who’s written a new book called Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends.
She’s a big believer in the healing power of friendship and her book explores how our psychological makeup affects how we connect with others.
This extract from her book looks at why it’s harder to make friends as an adult today and some tips on what you can do about it. Why is it so hard to make friends as an adult? It can be hard
