Struggling to make friends that really understand me! Looking for opinions on how people meet likeminded people

Hi!

I am 24 years old and I live with Anxiety! Some days it goes by unnoticable and others its all I think about. If I am in a really good managed routine Mentally and Physically then I do really good. However if I am not, my anxiety is in full throttle and thats when I need support the most. I have great support from people that don't really understand Anxiety which is great but on the really hard days I need someone that genuinly has been in the same spot and comletely understands me! And that's where I struggle !

I am not someone that goes straight up to someone confidently to establish a friendship which in turn has resorted me to the internet and trying to find friends online whom in time would love to hang out if in the area! Thats the ideal goal but I am not having much luck with that either, so my question is, how do you guys go about meeting and making friends with likeminded people!