I'm a recluse BBC says only old people are?

Hi there.

I came across a thread on the BBC news site about the fact that only elderly people become recluses here in Britain.

This kinda infuriated me because this not true at all.

I'm a young person and I became a recluse at the age of 20. I did not set out to become a recluse it just happened naturally. I had dreams and just wanted to live a normal life. When I moved into my first flat I got myself a job as an electrician and had hopes of meeting a nice woman but that soon died when I discovered I was just not what a women is looking for. I was bullied at work by people and I just felt like rubbish I got depressed and suicidal and after a while I quit my job as I no longer wanted to feel this way so I thought is was best that I stay at home away from people.

I have no family I grew up in foster care. I soon lost all the friends I had and never got to make any new ones. So now I have no friends at all. People don't want to hang out with me.

I did a foundation course a while ago for Amateur Radio and passed and got my license, I thought that Ham Radio would help me talk to people and also make some friends, although I made some contacts I never really made any friends, instead I got the impression that they really wasn't interested in talking to me. I even joined the RSGB

Well anyway the only time I really go out is when I do my grocery shopping or sometimes I'd go for a walk in the woods late at night and thats it.

I have thought about things that I can do but there is nothing. I wanna go to the pub but I have nobody to go with and I'm not going to sit there on my own in a pub. Going for walks is about all I can really think of.

I spend the weekends on my own on the Internet talking to American women and thats pretty much my weekend, a few beers and the Internet.

What can I do?