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The last two weeks of school has brought difficult emotions for my social life in school. I've been going home everyday after school thinking that life is worthless because I'm socially ret*d and that my speech is impaired to the point where it seems like almost every person I've encounted has to tell me to speek up. The worst scenario in school involving this personal struggle is when I have lunch during periods while my friends already having lunch and I'm all but left alone with no one to hang out with. One of my best friends is in the technical school program, which means that when he has a week of shop and he'll have lunch first period all week. Can anyone on this forum have suggestions that could help this socially awarkered gain more friends at school and not feel like a loner while I'm in places where social interaction is the norm?

Anyone?

Have you tried approaching people? Personally I prefer to do this in class when there's the classwork to talk about and discuss. Think about conversation topics like what you're doing today, what subjects you like, etc. You may also want to talk to a teacher you trust about your concerns.

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I unfortunately do not have any magical advice to directly address your question. However..

What grade/year are you? Having been in a very similar situation while I was in middle/high school, I can say that once I attended college things got significantly better. At least at my university, initiating social interactions was as easy as asking the people you sat next to if they wanted to form a study group.