Anxiety: How Do I Make Friends In School Without Getting Anxious?

Humans are all born different but what’s similar is that we all weren’t born to judge every single thing, every single human being. When you are making new friends, you’re trying to interact with a human not a monster! The person is in fact likely to be as scared as you even if the person was loud and outspoken. Because anyone, no matter how confident, would still fear a little about new environments, worry a little about the uncertainties. Don’t be anxious about the fact that you might be judged for being you, because you deserve to be you and if people judge you for it, they’re not worth your time and effort. You do not owe anyone anything, you don’t have to conform to the usual standards and ways of ‘making friends’ because you are your own narrative. Fear not anymore, be yourself and people will naturally reciprocate. You can start the ball rolling by maybe introducing your name, interests and pop a question like ‘what about you?’. Even if you might have been a ‘bad friend’ in the past, and there are tonnes of rumours about you everywhere, your label does not stay with you forever. You need to start accepting yourself for your past, improve yourself for the present and do not ever think that people will only judge you for your past. People change all the time, give yourself some slack on that.