I Have Social Anxiety

I have social anxiety, but I crave friendship and wish I could make friends. I've had social anxiety for as long as I remember, and I'm 23 now. It made school hard for me, and I was always the outcast.
I'm slowly learning how to interact with people and hope I can make some friends.
One of the reasons I joined Similar Worlds is I thought Experience Project was a good place to make friends. That's where I met my boyfriend, too.

I even have trouble starting conversations with people I've known for over a year. I can barely talk to them. I don't understand why.