How do you bond with other people?

Nothing really last forever... http://youtu.be/9mU-L6TSBh8

Arc I can relate and trust me you should deal with it now instead of later. Maria is correct, your issue lies within. You must build self value(esteem/confidence) and this can only be done through experience. You need not approval or validation from anyone except yourself. 'Be yourself' and the words 'nice' used to feel like daggers to me because they did not help when I was lost. Be true to yourself is better advice. Hit the gym and care well for your body. Own and accept your feelings and always be working towards your goals to calm your mind. Doubts and fear exist to remind you of the stakes but can become chains weighing you down. The longer you sit in a shell the harder it becomes to get out, so get out and meet the world and you will find yourself along the way. If you do not have goals or ambitions you need to find those first them work towards the goals. If there is something you don't like about yourself, accept it exists, then change it. Do activities out in the world you enjoy regularly and you will start to meet people. The ones you mutually click with materialize as you go along having fun doing what YOU want. That is not to say be selfish or a jerk; you have needs and they must be met before you are capable to providing for another persons needs. They say it anime all the time 'do not live you life for someone else', 'How can you protect others if you can not protect yourself'. You will naturally bond if you live and experience life among your fellow humans instead of in a cave. Trust me I learned this lesson the hard way.

Some of my closest friendships have involved 5+ hour video game sessions, marathoning anime series together over VoIP (Skype, Google Hangouts, Mega, etc)., and also serious talks about our pasts that were stressful, depressing, etc. I've formed bonds because I was willing to open up about things to them, and they were willing to open up to me. My closest friendships are from the high school I graduated from.

@Combatd You may have something there. I've never opened up about what depresses me or about my past to any of my friends. I avoid drama. Perhaps this is a huge reason for my trouble forming close bonds.

Well, you have to be in a position where you can be vulnerable and hurt by your friends in order to develop a platonic connection with them, I guess.

I always tease the things that I like http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll287/21wq/ponies/thumb_zpsyiuy9xj9.png

I'm actually pretty open, but finding people who I truly click with is an entirely different issue. I prefer a small close knit group over many "friends" anyways. It's like this, the more friends you have, the less you truly have. It's just easier to focus on building bonds with a few and being somewhat picky on who those few are.

No srsly, play videogames with them. You will find out immediately whether or not you can be good friends, and if you can, you will bond faster than fingers and superglue.