Context:
(Im 18 years old) 3 years ago I had a lot of friends and social life, I was even doing decent with girls. I was living in Mexico back then. That year I had an accident and I had to move to the US for rehab. After the accident I changed a lot, I lost most of my confidence and I forgot how to socialize.
Today after 3 years I can say that I have recovered a lot of confidence, specially since I took my hs senior year in person after covid.
I have friends at school and I really enjoy being around them. However, I have no idea about how to bring those friendships to contexts other than school, specially since I almost dont go out of my house (or at least not spontaneously) due to my physical condition.
I also don’t play videogames often enough to make that an activity in common, i usually just work out and study.
How do you convert school friends into actual friends?
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I would start out really simply maybe after a test or a presentation text them at the end of the school day and say how do you think you did or if it was a presentation you can say “I thought you did a really great job” and just kinda keep the conversation going ask questions like what they like to do to wind down after a stressful day like that or what they are going to do for the rest of the day. Any question that will start a conversation. If they are super extroverted after you send the first text they might even say something to start the conversation.
I’ve struggled with making friends my whole life and what I’ve learned is you just have to be bold enough to make the first move. Best of luck!! <3