I (18M) smile, joke, and laugh a lot. Teachers and peers all know me for my bright attitude. I maintain good eye contact. I’m very socially aware of what’s happening. Almost everyone at first wants to be my friend. My peers are (14-18)
But I lack social skills. I don’t know how to maintain conversations or do much small talk. I reciprocate but I rarely initiate. I just don’t know how. I’ve improved a lot this past year but I feel like it still isn’t enough compared to my peers. It happens even with my closest friends.
TL;DR – I need to learn how to take relationships/friendships to the next level instead of not progressing.
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This is just common social anxiety. Like social anxiety is ridiculously common right now. Just be weird and say stuff, initiating shows confidence and everyone is in a pandemic funk.