Sidenote, I (27) often feel excluded from conversations, and have also struggle with 2 things: 1.) look at me awkwardly because I’m not as attractive, and into as soon as I speak to open my mouth, they tend to shut me down, which caused me social anxiety even more, to the point where I tried just being short as well to match the place with normal conversation, and even then they shut me down, even faster, to the point where they’ll say something brief and look down, not look at me, etc at the grocery store.
It’s just I feel that I’m constantly always dismissed, and I’m not trying to be ‘uppity’ or anything too, I’m realistic I just I just want to know how other people navigate these types of things just so I can feel normal enough to look people in the eye while having a conversation with them with all this going on. Thank You