How do I make friends?

Question

I need advice. I've never really made friends easily as a kid I experienced a lot of rejection and I just recently realized that it caused me to withdraw from my peers out of low self esteem. Girls were so mean to me. In middle school my "friends" made up a name about me so they could talk about me while I was there without me knowing. They called me P.A.-thetic. That's just one example. So now here am, clueless as to how to relate to people my age. I'm so awkward.  When I get into social situations I get so anxious I can barely function. What makes people want to be friends with a person? What's wrong with me?

Answer

Honestly making friends is super hard. But it's not quantity that matters, it's quality! If you're still in school joining some clubs or after school activities can really help you gain social skills and maybe even friends. Try working out a couple times a week, it'll do wonders for your self esteem! And if you're not still in school a good way to make friends as an adult is by going to community functions and by signing up for classes like yoga or pottery. Hope this helps! Good luck! ✨💞

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I've always been pretty socially awkward. Not good at making friends, have resting bitch face, and not good at witty banter. So I have few friends. Out of all my high school friends I had the least and in each year through out grade school I had only 1 friend I talked to. Now, me and my best friend text every once in a while but are busy so we never see each other. I have a friend I made at my last job who is awesome and I'm very grateful for her friendship. And I have a couple from college that I text every once in a while as well but I never hung out with them outside of class. I also have my boyfriend who makes me not feel as lonely anymore. I've learned to accept my personality and lack of social ability. I will never be an extrovert and will never be the friendly bubbly girl that people want to be friends with. You should too. School and work are obviously good ways to make friends but I made most of them after high school. One tip is to try to smile more, I have to remind myself to do it. Also, watch some YouTube videos of how to fake being confident, honestly sometimes you just gotta fake it till you make it and soon you'll start believing it too.

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I only have a few friends, and I've met them from either school or work. I'm not a real social person either. I definitely recommend working out. It makes you confident which makes conversation and small talk easier. I notice I'm a lot more open to meeting people when I work out regularly.

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It's ok, and you are not alone 😌. I think most people go through this at one point in life. To find friends a really good way is to be unapologetically you people are attracted to confidence and of course that'll take some practice if it's not natural yet but give yourself permission to just be you! And something u can do now is try to make conversation with people around u if your in school lunch time is a great start and just talk about a movie, Valentine's day, really anything in common or interesting  and if it does get awkward just try laughing it off or even stating "yeah I'm awkward"..and if their worth the friendship they'll be friendly and cool w/ it. You'll be surprised once u get the hang of it everyone has their own insecurities. Good luck! 🤓

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