Joining clubs and after school stuff that had pretty mandatory social interaction but also had people you label as not scary worked wonders for me I joined a D&D club (actually ended up the vice president of it and still help to run it even tho I graduated because I’m friends with the current president of the club) and I also did crew for theatre after school which is great because it lets you have the community from being in theater without having to be on stage which is terrifying to me

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