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not a tutorial. a question. please i need advice
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so for context: i was VERY isolated growing up. my dad died when i was young, my mom wasn't really able to handle it, and this led to her burning bridges with anyone she thought was "after us." i didn't really get to have friends during this time, so clung to school as my only method of talking to someone my age. then she pulled me out of public school (mental health issues) and i spent the most important years of my life socially completely isolated. i only really talked to her and my siblings and only recently started to actually make friends.
i started college this past august. i've met a handful of people, but i was never the one to incite it. some of my online friends are raising concerns about my isolation and the toll it's taking on me, at least in an environment where me being alone feels much worse because i know i'm surrounded by people. i'm almost 21 and have next to no idea how to be the one to initiate because my entire adolescence was practically stolen from me and i never had the opportunity to learn.
how do i work on this more? i'm trying as much as i can and have done stuff like looked for board game nights around me and shit, but like. i don't know what to do. please help
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Benpiller
I also recently got into university and I found making friends extremely difficult my best advice is to start off small by asking people questions in class I met my closest friend in university just by asking him how he thought the class was. But I know how hard that can be it took me a few years of psyching myself up just to be able to say excuse me in public. But I can tell you that time will help