Making Friends Can Be Scary; Here’s Why You Should Do It

One of the most effective ways I encourage people to try to make friends is by showing them that it won’t be as uncomfortable as they think.

I tell them about:

And on and on. There are so many studies that find that acts of connection go better than we predict that there’s even a name for our tendency to misjudge the positive impact of acts of connection: undersociality.

But sometimes your acts of connection won’t go well. Someone won’t respond, will ignore you, or will judge you when you’re vulnerable. But

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