I’m scared to interact on Boost or lemmy or Mastodon or wherever the hell I am because I’m not good at socializing and I feel like my personality is just going to get me kicked off of this here new thing too …and I have honest to goodness PTSD from trying to socialize. I don’t know if I can do the cycle of socializing, kind of getting acquaintances or friends or people that don’t mind talking to me, slowly fading out, and then not having friends again , or people just not talking to me anymore and it’s really stressing me out and I don’t want to get kicked out of anywhere anymore and all I want is some friends and a community and reliability and I’m nothing but a shit show that bothers everyone around me thank you for listening to my ramble the end

  • Semivir [he/him, she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    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.

  • cowboycrustation [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    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)

    • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Lol well all I’ve got left is this so I’ll be here until I get booted haha thanks for writing back

    • cowboycrustation [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneMEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Nah, even if you act a fool you won’t get kicked out. It’s only if you be an ass to people and spew hate and bigotry. The only other reason to get kicked out would be breaking the rest of the rules repeatedly after being told to stop.

        • gimpchrist @lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          3·
          3 months ago

          For sure… sometimes I do act foolish I guess… but it’s never maliciously or with an intent to harm anybody I just like good old-fashioned old school trolling sometimes and kind of being a little shit if you know what I mean but I know when to back off I guess I don’t know what I’m saying now I’m kind of just rambling haha but thanks for the discourse and I appreciate all the advice and stuff and I appreciate you guys writing

          • Semivir [he/him, she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            2·
            3 months ago

            I just like good old-fashioned old school trolling sometimes and kind of being a little shit if you know what I mean

            Question is, can you handle us being trolls and little shits? You’re not the only one on here who likes to misbehave in an endearing way.

            The internet has this funny way of bringing out those sides of people because you’re more anonymous and you get away with it more easily.