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It is hard to connect with others. I have the same problem and have now just realized I am totally alone and not able to connect in a meaningful way. Is this something that is new to you or has been building? Sometimes breaking it down can help.

Try to be more outgoing, just put yourself in uncomfortable spots with strangers you will probably never meet again (go to random elevators, and when the uncomfortable silence happens, make a joke).

Putting yourself in uncomfortable positions like that will not only make you more comfortable with meeting new people, but it will also teach you what you should and and should not say, without the risk of ruining a relationship

This is not new, it’s always kind of been there, its just sometimes really bad, sometimes not so bad. It seems the longer I go without a meaningful connection, the more difficult it will be to make any connection at all. I feel like if I don’t do something about it right away it will be too late. Trying to break it down doesn’t help, in fact I try to break it down so much it’s become an obsession.

Thank you wildprimate. I know about putting myself into uncomfortable situations, it is good advice. Its just something thats easier said than done.

If you have a chance, travel to a foreign country, the best thing is you’ll probably NEVER see those people again, so go ahead and act up, plus they’ll sign a lot of it off as being “foreign”

Short of that, try any new environment, and make a rule before hand, I will talk to X amount of people tonight… just make off-hand comments like “Is that clock ticking backwards?” “Oh, it must be the lighting” “You know when you see the wheels of a car move backwards…”

Stuff like that is non threatening because it’s not about the person you’re talking to, and it’s something you can bring up with anyone…