It was the worst about a year ago. I worked as a groundskeeper/landscaper and barely talked to anyone for months. I could barely say a word at that point. After it started taking as long for me to say one sentence for anyone else to tell a life story, I just pretty much stopped talking. One of the few friends I had left, who I’ve known practically my whole life, gave me a bit of a wake up call and I went to college with him and a couple other old friends. They’re all in a frat and invited me to events whenever they could and my speech improved quite a bit. Though I can’t officially join rn due to a bad gpa I got when that Covid bs was going on, I still know most of the people in the frat and have been given a standing invitation for whenever I get a high enough gpa to join. I’m even living at a frat house which rarely happens for people not in the frat. It was hard breaking out of my shell but it’s worked out nicely. I’ve found that the best way to help my speech is with good friends, people I can trust completely. Without them I just feel like an outsider wherever I go