Could barely talk a year ago. I was very depressed and lonely. Have went to stay at psychiatric clinics a couple of times. Only just recently got out again, but this time it was shorter than usua, only a couple of days. I’ve made some progress and now i can actually form a coherent sentence. Still incredibly afraid to talk to people. Still, after all this time I really don’t know the basics of social interaction How do you initiate a conversation with someone? How do you make friends?
Big agree on hobby groups or taking up a class of something where you have to interact with people like dancing or something like that. I forget what the phrase is, but it pretty much says that seeing someone often enough in a chill environment will likely make them feel closer to you.
It also helps that it’s a group dynamic so you could have a great variety of people to click with some of them.