5th October 2023, 6:35 AM
(1st October 2023, 2:15 PM)Different Wrote: I'm assuming you're in the 20s', so here's my word of advice for you. Go out in the real world and attend events where they have many social gatherings. Even if you don't talk to anyone, you need to at least get used to being around people more often because eventually someone will talk to you. From there, you'll run into someone who shares the same issues as you do, then eventually it'll teach you that making friends isn't so bad after all.
The problem revolves around who you associate yourself with. If you have a good judge of character, then 95% of the time you can tell whether this person is malicious or not. I think a lot of people often become traumatized by what their parents/guardians have constantly instilled in their minds as a child, then they grow up developing a deep hatred for something.
Unfortunately, parents are not always right. So, in this situation you'd be better off experiencing life to see what the outcomes are. But, the last thing (as a 20 something year old man) that you wanna do is grow up old and lonely because you'll have a bunch of regrets that'll harm you in the long run. So go out in the real world and make yourself available for others to talk to at events before it's too late.
You're still young, so you got plenty of time, kid. Also, never be mean to someone or give off an unfriendly vibe because then no one will talk to you. The same way you decided to reach out to us here... I want you to do that IRL. Watch some TEDTalks too. That really helped me out.
I have no ideas what events there are in the first place; I had no ideas how I supposed to look for.
