Source: https://giphy.com/gifs/tomorrow-mFz5kzbDKtwha I struggle a lot. Socially. I feel like I’m exerting all this effort to be bubbly, open, likable. No awkward pauses. They’ll think I’m boring. Weird. If I can’t save the conversation from the deep ditch it’s heading towards at full speed. And it just takes so much energy. I can go into a social situation one day and it’s easy. I’m asking questions, bouncing off someone. Laughing. And it’s genuine and fun and enjoyable. Then the next time I encounter, even the same person, I’m awkward. I stutter. Struggle to think of what to say. Stumble on my words. Yet, the pressure is still there to be bubbly and fun or they won’t like me. I guess I’ve been trying to figure out what makes people like you. Because I’ve experienced being disliked – hated even – for no reason, so I can’t give anyone any kind of reason to hate me. They must like me. I often see other people conversing. It looks so easy, so effortless for them. I end up...