I regret not being social when I was younger as now it is incredibly hard for me to form bonds with people and talk to others now. I don’t have any family I can talk too. I basically have no one to talk to.First off I feel out of touch with the people in my twenties. I’m very socially unskilled. Social anxiety, all that. I don’t talk to anyone unless I am very certain they’ll like to talk to me, and that’s pretty rare for me to do. And at the same time though. I don’t know how to form bonds with people. I was a people pleaser, all I knew what to do was do nice things for people or act a fool and that’s how I had people like me for a bit. But I don’t want to be like this anymore I would like to be the person that can go up to people and make friends. I just started trying online friend making apps but I can never get myself to go past the hey how are you. Small talk part. Any advice would be great please
You are an adult now. Friends are about having things in common and age is just a proxy. Get comfortable with having fun with people in different age groups or you are going to get seriously lonely. Try MeetUp and start a board game group.