TFPers,
First of all, thanks for all of the advice you have been giving so far. It has been a tremendous help and I am very thankful.
My current problem is something I have been struggling with all my life: shyness. It is becoming more and more of an issue now that I am living in a dorm. I'm trying to make frineds and am reasonably successful when I am speaking to only one other person, but when I partake in a group activity like a game of poker, I just get really tense, and I just stay really quiet. So I guess what I'm wondering is how I can get better at being comfortable around big groups of people.
I'm sure you all do this naturally, but can you think how to act when trying to break into a new group of friends? I'm really really quiet when in groups and I'm a bit worried that the people I'm trying to win over are completely uninterested in me because I'm so quiet. Should I continue trying to spend time with these people and will things just fall into place, or should I take another approach... Any specific tips or advice? (if it helps, this is my first semester at the dorm, and pretty much everyone else's second semester at the dorm. Because of this, many people already know each other very well and many cliques have already formed. Not that it wasn't already hard enough to make friends
) If you guys need more specific information about my situation, please please ask.
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so so much!
