>Steam friend that I've met IRL is going through some

Practice.
How long have you been out and meeting new people? How often does those people actually feel bad and you don't know how to help?...

It's all about practice and being empathic. If the troubles concerns the person, you should talk to the person about it, not other people.

Making mistakes is fine, speccialy when well intended. What I saw on your post is that you feel very awkward socially, not that you are awkward socially.

Anyway, if you want to learn how to be good with people, there are MANY books about it. I myself read one called The Way of the Superior Man and it helped me out a lot to know some social behaviours and how to act in certain situations, including when there's no one but me in the room.

What I can say now is, it's not a big deal what you did. It wasn't the best, yes, but it wasn't bad. And also that you should talk to someone you trust about this need for feeling more sociable you have, like psychologist, per say.

GL GL.

>>17406776
It's not creepy. That person you added and your friend are probably just clinically insane.

Does sound creepy to me but it depends on how you communicate your concern to their other friend. Might have been taken up wrong.

>>17406787
>How long have you been out and meeting new people? How often does those people actually feel bad and you don't know how to help?...
Very often but most of the people I talk to are depressed NEETs from 4chan.

>Anyway, if you want to learn how to be good with people, there are MANY books about it. I myself read one called The Way of the Superior Man and it helped me out a lot to know some social behaviours and how to act in certain situations, including when there's no one but me in the room.
I've got money to spare so I think I'll pick up a copy off of eBay. Thank you.

>What I can say now is, it's not a big deal what you did. It wasn't the best, yes, but it wasn't bad. And also that you should talk to someone you trust about this need for feeling more sociable you have, like psychologist, per say.
I've been meaning to get some sort of therapy but haven't got around to it yet.

Thanks, man.

>>17406795
>It's not creepy. That person you added and your friend are probably just clinically insane.
Yeah, maybe. But I don't think so. The problem is that after writing up this post I remembered that, in the past, I've considered doing the exact same thing for somebody I know far, far less (I even thought about doing it today before the scenario I talked about above happened). Twice, for somebody I barely know (only online), did I consider contacting one of their Steam friends to ask if they're okay because I was really worried about them.

That *is* creepy. I fucking wish I was dead.

>>17406798
>Does sound creepy to me but it depends on how you communicate your concern to their other friend. Might have been taken up wrong.
I basically just asked if they knew if they were actually okay because I was worried.

>>17406800
Sorry that was suppose to mean doesn't sound creepy.

What you asked sounds okay.