I realize that I didn’t really socialize growing up, and it’s definitely catching up to me now. I just didn’t have much interest in people or making friends back then, but now I want to work on that. The problem is, I’m not sure how.
I’ve worked retail for the past two years, and despite dealing with customers regularly, I still have pretty bad social anxiety. Even with regular customers, I find myself getting anxious, and I don’t really know how to work on that.
Recently, I started gaming again and met a girl who’s pretty interesting and easygoing. We’ve been playing together for about a month now, and she invited me to play with her and her friends. We’ve been playing together as a group, but now I’m struggling with how to interact with her friends. It’s a lot to handle more than one person at a time, and I find it draining. I often end up just playing silently, which makes me feel awkward.
I never really know what to say to people, and I want to fix that. Any advice would be appreciated.