I am a young person with socialization problems. Ever since my consciousness was just beginning to form, I was merely a peripheral observer in social situations. This habit persisted through every stage of my life: the setting would change, new people would appear, but the script remained the same. I reached a point where the fear of not breaking this pattern outweighed the discomfort caused by chronic loneliness.
I have already pointed out possible reasons for my social failure over all these years and have been able to draw some conclusions:
•I think too much during, before, and after any interaction, and I am always worried about what people thought of me. •I simply am not interested in most of the people I interact with. •I consider myself a well-informed person, with curiosity across a wide range of subjects and fields of knowledge. Even so, I suffer from a severe poverty of speech. I always respond with monosyllables or simply have nothing to say, which is strange considering my vocabulary and intellectual repertoire.
I have already done some reading on the subject, such as the classic How to Win Friends and Influence People and The Charisma Myth, and even so I have not been able to eliminate any element of the triad above from my behavior. In short, I would like to read accounts from people who have gone through the same thing, in order to gather valuable insights from their experiences. #relationships source