Hey you, the world can be a scary place sometimes. People have varying degrees of social confidence, and there is no guarantee you'll have a set amount of it throughout time.

Having had my own experiences with losing self-esteem and having trouble making and holding onto friends I can at the very least assume to know what you're going through.

This place has been great so far, and it seems like people here aren't in it for the fame or the fake internet points. But I'm also a relatively new member of this specific community and I am definitely still getting familiar.

My advice to you would be to take things slow, but at the same time not to be afraid to seek out that human connection. From what I've seen, people here are definitely willing to open up to you or just mess around together. Keeping low expectations will probably help keep your feelings of any potential loss under control.

I feel ya. I have social anxiety too but it's gotten better as the years have gone by. I hope you'll give this place a chance. My experiences on here have been good.

Also there are a lot of neurodivergent people on here (me included)