When I was younger I really liked playing with people all the time. During elementary I would tend to get bored which led to me getting in a lot of trouble. Not physical fights but purposely doing bad on assignments and stuff. Because of this people outcast me around 3rd grade. I became friends with the gangster type who kept me around to laugh at, and I laughed along because I was happy to fit in. Because of this I never learned how to make friends and be social. In middle and high school the gangster kids realized they were basically just bullies and tried to change, but that made me no fun anymore so they stopped hanging out at lunch and calling me to sit by them in class. Since it happened slowly I didn’t notice and thought I was just a lonely introvert who couldn’t make friends and was naturally depressed. Recently my entire family went on a cruise, and they had a teens club. I went assuming it would be just Xbox all day. On the first day the leader didn’t have us do icebreakers, but gave us embarrassing competitions to bond. I thought whatever I’ll never see these people again so I’ll play along. I ended up actually bonding with the whole group and had the time of my life. They didn’t care I didn’t talk because they assumed I was a rich boy who was raised better than them. Now I’m back home and feeling more tired than before. I think I have just been an extrovert the whole time, but I never had the social skills to keep friends.