Is life better with or without friends?

So I’ve always been a kind of a loner. I’ve never had many friends. I remember in elementary and middle school I would always dream about having a group of friends. It was the one thing that I always wanted when I was little.

But now I have some friends and instead of being the amazing bliss I always imagined it was, I find that they stress me out more than they make me happy. I sometimes wish that I never made friends and I was alone like I used to be. I just feel like I can’t connect with anyone.

The only people my sister spends time with is our family and her boyfriend and she’s perfectly happy. She used to have friends but they stressed her out as well, but she’s better now that she’s alone. So I was wondering if it would be better for me if I just went her way and focused on my studies rather than friends and my social life.

But what do you think? Is life better with or without friends, and why?