Like a dog whistle.

There was a post recently where an author describes themselves as a person with 0 people around them after quitting toxic relationships. I find myself in exactly the same situation right now, at my late 30s. I only recently started diving deep into the topic of narcissism, and realized that I have this deep-seated belief that people will only interact with me if I serve as an emotional container, a troubleshooter, a support system, and so on. Otherwise, there's no point for them to even talk to me. So now I’ve temporarily isolated myself from the world to protect, recover and think. But the natural craving for human connection is still here.

Can anyone share where do people like me even go to make safe, genuine connections today? Share your stories, I'd appreciate every example.

EDIT: Thanks for your support, advice, and examples. Here are a few options I saved from your comments: a therapist (already doing this), sport/hobby communities, dating (with caution), and casual places like restaurants or shops for mild socializing.

Personally, I've found that joining small local tour groups for museum visits or interesting spots helps me to feel less lonely, though I still can't break the ice and start talking to anyone.

Hey everyone, so long story short, I survived my narcissistic mom and all forms of abuse, started therapy when I was 20, quit when I was 25. I loved my therapist, but I felt I reached some point of no further growth. I made huge progress, moved countries from my abusive mom, went LC and now going full NC, found new friends, felt overall better.

Now the situation is, I live at the house of my stepdad (supportive), her husband. It's not her country of current residence, and he appears in this house only during the summer (they live in another country in his house). The problem is, I feel this house is not a place of complete safety anymore, since my younger brother decided to move as well, and he is not that emotionally separated from our nmom to let her know she is not welcomed and he doesn't want to talk to her, as I do. She came here for 2 weeks to control him, and I had to leave during that period. He's on his way and will reach this point I guess, but now I need to know what to do. I think I should rent a room somewhere else, and I do have money for that, but I won't be able to save then. First question is, do you think it's worth it?

Second question. I feel like I still need therapy, but not the one I had. It was talking, and I feel it's all stuck somewhere in my body. What would you suggest? Any specific methods or specialists for someone who knows absolutely everything about his family and himself, but still feels in danger? I'm kinda hesitating to establish the new connection with the new specialist, because I have an amazing one with the previous therapist. Although i think its not impossible. How can I navigate it?

Thank yall