I’m literally the most socially impaired person I have ever met, whenever anybody talks to me or tells me anything the most I can think of to respond is “okay” or “makes sense” and that’s pretty much the extent of my social skills. My coworker asked me if I was “one of those gamers” which I’m not but I used to be and I was like yup I’m a gamer, even though I don’t even play video games anymore I just work and sleep but now all of my coworkers think I’m a fuckin nerd and I lack the social skills to ever redeem myself as anything other than a loser
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Small steps my bro. Start by asking questions it gets conversations going does not even matter how stupid the question is people love talking about themselves
First thing you have to do is answer the question you’re being asked truthfully. This requires that you quiet your thoughts and listen to the question. By answering okay and makes sense, you’re deflecting so you don’t have to engage the conversation. You’re being passive.
To get out from under your previous gamer answer (a lie), you can say that you recently decided to quit gaming and use the real reason why you quit. That’ll close the loop you created with your untruthful answer.