looking for a friend and potentially maybe more

Heyo,

I tagged this NSFW but it's... not, exactly, I dunno. Read on, you'll see why. Couldn't tag it as "*no* NSFW" so. anyway.

I'm hard to describe. I've been through a lot, so I tend to give off the impression of someone younger than 37.

I have a severe anxiety disorder that I'm still struggling to figure out how to manage, primarily OCD.

I moved to the area from north Ontario right before the pandemic. I also had a full-time job here for a bit, so I've had a hard time getting out and meeting people.

That's why this is more specifically meant for women, I kinda already have a bunch of really close friends, but I don't know how to go about dating, and being friends first would be nice. Even if we only stay friends, that'd be cool, especially if you're local.

Also I'm a straight cis male, as far as the romantic preferences and such go. For friendship it doesn't matter, but in romantic terms I tend to prefer cis women (I don't think it's a dealbreaker but I honestly don't have enough experience to know for sure).

I'm big into a Japanese film genre called tokusatsu as well as video games and music. I'm an on-again off-again bass guitarist too.

At the bottom of this post I'll list a bunch of random stuff I'm into, to see if we share any interests!

other main points:

I went through a lot with Christianity. if you're going to try to witness to me, move along. I'm Atheist/Agnostic/not even sure anymore, but I'm not going back to that.

I'm not a very political person but I did not and would never vote for trump.

if you're local, I'm allergic to dogs and cats but I love them anyway.

I have sensory issues related to food. if I can't eat something you made, I am *begging* you not to take it personally. but I am 1/3 Italian, I understand that can be hard.

Thanks for reading, hope to hear from ya soon.

**oh, and here's the list of random interests and such:**

Toku stuff: lifelong Godzilla nerd, special spot in my heart for Kamen Rider, also big into Super Sentai and Ultraman but haven't been following the current stuff very closely. Gamera's cool too.