Depressed about being alone?

[Fort Lauderdale guy]

I just turned 18, but feel depressed all the time about girls. I am a pretty introvert guy at first which gets hard at times and it just brings me down. I feel out of place often and just get stressed out. I try to open up and act extrovert but just feel out of place. I work and breathe with all extroverts and am bad with meeting other girls. I work at a college cafeteria on the weekends (still in high school, senior) and like this one girl at another high school shes going there next year but I have never met her before I see her all over social media but I went to school with her sister but barely knew her either. I don't know why I feel so attracted to her and she seems fairly extrovert and a big into partying. I want to talk to her but i would feel socially awkward and online would feel like a creep. I am going to a different college but we will be in the same town so it's just hard cause I like my job but know I will have to quit because it will kill me every time I see her. I try to forget and move on and focus on my own life but sometimes it just gets hard. Just looking for some suggestions. Thank you.

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How do you know everyone around you thinks mainly of the environment around them? That's what extroversion really is. Unless they said so themselves that's risky to assume. You mean that they all talk a lot and are all popular, both at school and online, right?

Thankfully not everyone is the same. Don't worry about what the crowd is doing man. If the crowd was jumping off a cliff, would you? This society promotes upbeat outgoing personalities, but the quieter, more thoughtful ones like you are equally as valuable. Just be you, and if people are tasteless enough to give you a hard time, including this girl you like, then you know right away they aren't worth wasting your time on.

You don't need me to tell you that true loneliness sucks. A loving and caring, understanding companion would mean the world to me also. But real friend aren't easy to find sadly.

Oh and if you like your job, it'd be best to keep it. Seriously please don't quit over some girl you like but don't know. That'll make life even more miserable. Your job is more important b/c jobs are ridiculously hard to come by these days. I'm 21 and still have yet to work for one hour somewhere!

Now as for loneliness, the best thing to do is just move on, have faith things will get better. This will not last..The hard times are what make us better. Do things you like to do. Treat yourself like company. Love yourself. When someone does come along, listen to what your friend and/or girlfriend has to say. Be the kind of friend you are looking for in others. Best wishes :7