To give context, I am a college aged male, and I am extroverted and generally well liked. I have a-lot of friends that I enjoy hanging out with and joking around. But I don’t really have many friends that I would have more personal conversations with and be a “best friend”. I find that when a friend goes through something, I’m never the one that they would come to, to talk about it. For example, sometimes if a friend breaks up, I’ll only hear secondhand or if it is mentioned passively.
I really want to have some more friends that I can be open with, and who would come to me during hard ship, vise versa. I would guess one of the reasons is that I am not really an open book, since I’m worried about trust. Is there any way I can fix this? And also, how can I prompt more open conversation, without being too nosey? Any advice helps.