I am in high-school and I always feel like I have not been able to climb the ladder to popularity the whole time I have been there and in middle school. In middle school I was shy and didn’t have many social skills and I feel like it hurt me in high-school because I went in with no friends. Now I am in sophomore year and have a good amount of friends or acquaintances but I still feel alone. I feel like I have no real connections and that it’s hard to make new ones even though I have been trying to be more social for the last two years. To make things worse my best friend that is popular at school won’t even acknowledge me when we are at school. Even though it’s the beginning of high-school it just feels horrible because I feel like even with my current social skills I can’t make new friends. I feel like it’s impossible for someone like me who is considered relatively low on the high-school popularity pyramid has a hard time making friends because people don’t want to be my friend no matter how I act. Throughout middle school and highschool I have tried to make myself more approachable by paying attention to the way I dress and look and I have changed a lot but I still feel like it’s not enough. And to make things worse I have been talking to a girl that is way more popular than me at school and It just makes me feel really insecure because I feel like I’m not worthy. If anyone has any suggestions please lmk I have been trying my best to change for years and become popular but none of the videos or anything has worked.
Sorry for the long message.