This is a problem I've had basically since always, but maybe lately I've been in a kind of unemployed not going to work or going phase where it feels more exaggerated that I rarely even talk that much.
Although even when I had a customer service job where I would make tons of convo, sometimes polite, sometimes even oversharing, somehow it never really turned into making friendships.
I think maybe I have a paranoia of letting myself feel warmly or ask to hang out because of previous rejections or misunderstandings
I'd say I'm a kind of guarded or anxious person but not totally antisocial or anything, I do like to talk and joke around and in some previous situations, even did somewhat bond on people in the usual way of "sharing a little more" or being less bland. But often that process kinda didn't continue all the way but just stall
Right now it just feels like I sorta know I could join a club or something, but it feels all kinda like, yeah, I've tried before, whatever. At the same time, I know I am really lonely, like I'm always addicted to social media and so on