I have started high school three weeks ago and I want to make friends because I have none but I have realized no one gives a crap about someone coming up to them just to strike up a conversation and I know I can’t expect others to talk to me I need to make an effort but it’s hard when I have social anxiety and have so little social interaction in the first place in starting to lose any hope I have for anything social as of now and it hurts knowing that
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Sign yourself up for a club you can’t get out of that requires a lot of speaking. Ei, debate, or hobby-based clubs like anime or something.
Personally, I have social anxiety and hated public speaking, so I signed up to do the readings at mass. I can’t get out of it, because then I’d feel stupid, so it’s guaranteed practice ever couple weeks or so.
If you were to work in groups or partner up with someone maybe ask some questions about them to see if you have anything in common. I did this in college and I was able to make some acquaintances and friends this way.