Hey y’all,
I am currently in my 2nd year of college and I have been struggling with talking to people because of my lack of knowledge of anything. I have been trying to learn social skills, but I find it hard because the only thing I know to talk about is my interests (I have severe ADHD btw), and I don’t even know how to improve my social skills.
Quick backstory of yesterday to let you know my situation:
I tried to talk with a classmate yesterday, but I ended up messing things up because when I tried to speak with her I was so nervous (not because she was a woman) to the point that I said I was taking 6 classes and then when she said “Wow! are you taking 6 classes?” I said that yeah my parents obligated me because they don’t know how college work. It’s like I was even ashamed of what I said.
Besides that, our professor told us to talk about anything to the class of what we would like everyone to have knowledge of I said ADHD and explained that my entire life I was rejected and treated badly because none of my classmates knew what ADHD was. Then after that, I noticed that my professor who also has ADHD and was talking with my classmates about what they choose and without any problem creating a conversation, he was hesitating what to say like he didn’t know anything to say at the moment. I noticed that some of my classmates couldn’t avoid holding their laughter, and also that my topic compared to the others was simple and irrelevant or at least I believe that.