How to Make Friends as an Introvert

Are you an introvert? Introverts are commonly portrayed as loners, individuals who prefer to ‘ride solo’. But this is not necessarily the whole truth.

While introverts enjoy solitude, they also crave to form meaningful friendships. They do like people (just not in big groups) and would love to get to know them. Unfortunately, introverts grow up feeling different, as if something is wrong with them. Thus, they wrongly believe that a ‘misfit’ does not have what it takes to approach people and talk to them. Finding friends seems like an incredibly difficult task, but it doesn’t have to be so. Here are some ways you can make friends as an introvert.

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