So I'm going to start year 9 next year and I'm afraid that my social anxiety will cause me trouble trying to make more friends. All through year 8 I lost countless of friends and got super scared that my other two friends were gonna leave me and I ended up driving a wedge between our friendships.

I don't know what I'm going to do next year, I love being by myself but I don't want to be lonely. Any tips on how to make new friends? I'm also very picky and tend to get rude when I find out if someone is rude or not, which is majority of highschool! I also don't really fit into any groups so I'm more of a lone wolf.

I don't want to get depressed again. Please help!