Summer camps are also good ways.

I totally get what you mean. I've been isolated from other kids most of my life, and only started talking with other kids less than a year ago. Of course I've never done it in real lfe, all my friends are on the internet. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go to a friend's house and drink smoothies together and talk about everything. I think about what it would be like to have someone to invite to my birthdays. And they could invite me to theirs. I sometimes get really sad about it. And when I finally get close to meeting a friend in real life, something always goes wrong. Sometimes I wonder if it's my destiny to be alone. I've lost so much hope that I can barely smile. Literally. I used to be very happy and always energetic to everyone. Nowadays, I just don't feel like myself. Like a lone werewolf. I sometimes like to howl at the full moon and pretend that I am just a sad wolf who has lost it's pack. I've been so alone lately that I'm beginning to feel more comfortable alone than I am with people around. It scares me a little. I was never shy. I always loved to be the center of attention. I now spend most of my time alone in my room or in the backyard, daydreaming and writing books and sometimes composing music.

I don't feel like a teen either, even though I'm fourteen. I do have friends, but it took me a LONG time to get them because I just seem a lot youger than I am. Whenever they make a reference to something or say a 'slang' word I don't understand, I just sorta cock my head at them and they say something like, 'Oh, Cockleburr. You're so innocent. I love it." It's so, so ANNOYING! (Obviously my name is not actually Cockleburr. But anyway). I don't get style, or clothes, or makeup. Thankfully my friends aren't obsessed with boys. I am closer with the friends from my middle/elementary school, who also love books, and animals and stuff I like. Sorry about this unhelpful rant. I just needed to get that out.