Do you feel scared to make online friends because of being hurt in the past?

No, I'm just generally overly cautious and paranoid and don't want to get caught in some unnecessary drama. I also believe that the best friendships form through doing things together in real life and real time, not through exchanging words and pictures in online space. How can you build a real trust over that?

I have been hurt in the past by this.

But I am not afraid to make online friends now.

The reason is that my own attitude has matured about what I seek and do not seek from online friends.

My closest friends are online. I'm definitely much more gaurded & selective, but can't let past hurts control my current and or future.

I no longer like making friends online because it is based on just words and anything based on just words isn't sustainable long term. The hurt is inevitable, Eventually peoples traumas and insecurities show up and very likely to clash. I like sticking to having fun with people, and coming and going as I please, without obligation.

Ofcourse I do
But then it's the same in offline life too
Atleast as an introvert when it's online there's some control from my side
When I feel like I need some space / time alone instead of socializing there's no pressure on me , none forces me and I don't have to go to extreme to satisfy people around me

nope not in online friends but it's true i scared and avoid people in real life and being touch with them emotional bcoz never want to bleed again as my past

Yes, but not from hurts in the past online. Hurts follow me around. If anything, the friendships I have built here (online), have helped me learn to trust again in finding friends, including you, Alice.

It depends on how you look at online friendship.
I have met some good people online .. but cannot say they are all my friends. You have to be cautious about each and every one of them. Although, I have met a very few online friends in person and continued to remain friends to this day.

I fear making friends because I'm drained

No, I think I fear hurting others more. I think loneliness is more manageable, than managing what other people think of you.

Scared isn't quite it. Very cautious. So cautious, in fact, that I've never had another online friend.

No. I've had mostly positive experiences on here.

I’ve never had a problem with making friends online

Nah, just more cautious about it.

Yes

To be honest I'm not really sure they were friends.
I have turnedtostone as far as the internet is concerned.

So now I just spout off nonsense mostly and live my life in the real world.

More scared of making and losing them in real life

I operate at the other side of that equation, unfortunately.

I was more humiliated than hurt

I wasnt hurt. I just dont feel like being lied to constantly. You just cant trust anything they say. More than half of the men are married and im positive their wives arent aware of their online activities. A fourth of them (at least) are bisexual or gay or curious. The other ones think they are Gods gift to women and flirt with anything that walks or has legs. You can talk to someone for years and then they block you, ignore you, or ghost you. Online is just a game to lotta people they care about themselves and thats as far as it goes. Thats why i dont answer the majority of my pms.

i prefer real life friends