how do i get better at socializing?

@blasphemy666 very much so. Not many people are genuine hermits

@MushroomFaerie i really hope it works out for you

@blasphemy666 you too 💚

@blasphemy666 who's them? friends or just people you may talk to but aren't friends with?

For me, I had bad social anxiety and can feel out of place sometimes, esp during public speaking, but I digress. I've found that online friendships go a long way in helping one break out of their anxious shell, provided you friend the right types of people.

@deadgerbil i think I'm more worried about work kind of situations where one needs networking skills. I think the problem lies in the fact that all my life I've been a giver, because of some misplaced sense of guilt and i feel awkward in these situations because at the back of my mind i know that I'm talking to these people simply for my benefit

@blasphemy666 I think so long as you are cool with people, your network should expand as you meet people.

Well, in a working environment, you kind of talk to people for your benefit. Unless you are working in a charity or something, talking to people for your benefit isn't a bad thing.

@Pherick i think it's a self esteem issue. I don't find myself interesting/smart enough to talk to people

@blasphemy666 Well sometimes I think large forums are hard places to have conversations. So many people in and out of chats hard to really feel like you have someone’s attention.

Might be good to find a forum that specializes in an interest of yours, that might help in at least keeping conversations targeted in a direction?

@Pherick yeah I'm planning to be a part of such events/forums

@Spoiledbrat i think my professional life is being hampered by me never having enough courage or confidence in myself to just go and talk to people. I can talk for a while, but i don't know how to socialise in form of 'networking'

@ImRileyTheDog I'm but i need advices