Im a very awkward individual. I am a senior in high school, and I struggle to make friends or even just hold a conversation. All my “friends” that I thought I had hang out outside of school without me. I don’t get invited anywhere. My high school experience has been awful. I am a loser. I thought I’d try to maybe build a community on twitch because I like to stream for fun but it’s obviously not working out. I just don’t know what to do. I can’t approach girls either, I am afraid of rejection I can admit I am a joke. Sometimes I laugh at myself and sometimes it’s just completely sad. I genuinely don’t know why nobody likes me.
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Try ignoring others and loving yourself. Do everything you want! Then just be open to people about it a little. If they make fun of you, don’t sulk or overthink. Counter them! Like, when they say, OMG you don’t talk much hahaha. Just say, give me something interesting to talk about then.
Or maybe a hack. When your friends are talking about something without you around and it doesn’t look personal, slide in and ask jokingly: What am I missing?
Don’t be afraid to initiate things! If you find another shy person, approach them and start a small conversation out of the blue. Trust me, us introverts gotta get out of our comfort zones and go chaotic like everybody else.
There’s still time to improve in highschool, and no reason not to. You’ll need the practice for next year after you graduate!
Here’s a place to get started with an article I wrote:
###[Can Awkwardness Be Cured?](https://www.reddit.com/r/CPRForYourSocialLife/comments/12uss2o/can_awkwardness_be_cured/)