How do I behave towards new people?

[seeker]

So I’m very awkward in front of people I don’t know very well, and I don’t know how to fix it. Yesterday I was playing a game with some friends and some strangers, and I was actin very awkward and incel-like in front of the strangers because I didn’t know whether to crack a joke or just keep a straight face. My anxiety (I have social anxiety too) is really bad so it hinders my thinking process when talking to people who I don’t know and I don’t know how to fix it except benzos which I can’t use anymore since I’ve been to rehab twice

 

[DrunkenSailor]

Learn to not give a fuck

In other words don’t give two shits about some strangers

 

[seeker]

Learn to not give a fuck

In other words don’t give two shits about some strangers

That’s true but I wanna be friends with those people and idk how. I don’t really have any friends except 2 people (one is online and one is my cousin) so I really need to learn how to make friends and how to not GAF

 

[DrunkenSailor]

That’s true but I wanna be friends with those people and idk how.

Ye that’s why you overthink, because you trying too hard to impress. Fuck them. Learn to be happy with your own company or whatever

 

[seeker]

Ye that’s why you overthink, because you trying too hard to impress. Fuck them. Learn to be happy with your own company or whatever

That’s true man I hope I can achieve that peace of mind one day