Does any other solo player ever get lonely?

I feel that most people got someone or a group of friends that they play with. Meanwhile I hop on and I just got myself. I'm currently level 218 as it stands, and I noticed that the higher that number gets, the lonelier it becomes.

In one instance, someone made a post about looking for another player to join them and their friend online. We exchanged tags. You can imagine my excitement when they accepted my friend request. That is until he messaged me "What level are you? What roles do you have? Are any of them not maxed out?" I told him my level (which was decently high) and that I maxed out the roles. He told me they were only looking to help newcomers that needed help which is reasonable but I was torn because I had high hopes of making a friend online.

I have searched for other players to play with since then but most of the posts I've come across are people that play on a different platform, people searching for other players within their timezone, people looking for others around their age, newcomers looking for help who quickly get responses from other experienced players, and rp/possee club invitations. I have social anxiety that, while has been more manageable through the years, it's still a work in progress, and the idea of being around more than 2-3 people makes me nervous.

I've sometimes seen cute posts or comments of people subtly implying a significant other that they have/play with, friends that just mess around online, and it makes me feel lonely inside. People use games and other hobbies as a way to escape from their reality or stress of life, but when I hop online, I am just reminded that I'm lonely just as much as in the game as I am in real life. Everyone else seems to have somebody... It's pathetic but I usually got excited when that crazy camp stranger randomly visited my camp. (He doesn't visit anymore. Guess he realized I was lame and went searching for other people to get meat from.)

Anyway, sorry for the vent. Please don't take this as a self pity post. I'm not blaming anyone for my loneliness. I was on hiatus for nearly a year for this reason, but just got back online since the Halloween update, and all of this just came back to me. I guess I was just wondering if any other player feels/or has felt like this?