How do I "hur just be myself" around other people, literally? When I am myself I am pretty cool and fun IMO but that only happens around my couple best friends that I have known since I was like 10 years old, I'm 19 now. When I am around other people I act very withdrawn and aloof/distant.
I think this is just me being unable to enjoy myself in those situations. I just feel shitty around people I am not familiar with, but am completely chill/normal around my best friends that I've known forever.
>>17570296
Wow you are a normal introvert
>>17570309
it's a little beyond that
>>17570310
Well then you're just like me and 90% of the faggots here. Unless you're an extrovert you won't be able to be yourself around people you don't know that well
>>17570296
may be a self esteem issue if you want to but don't feel as if you can.
if you sincerely care, try chatting with a psychologist over it
>>17570296
In a way you've answered your own question. When you're with people you know well, you're not self-conscious and can relax, but with others you're too aware of whether you're impressing them and thus get all stiff and artificial.
One solution - be with others in situations where you will be distracted from your self-consciousness. If you're all watching a game, or working hard at some activity (work or sport), you're too focussed on what you're doing to worry about how you look, and will be natural and therefore at ease.