[Chocopiano27]

Hi! So I have a hard time making friends with this one popular loud girl group in my school. They're nice to me and they care about me, but I can't be comfortable with them. I can be loud and silly with everyone, but when they are somewhere near me I just can't be myself. I constantly wanting to ignore them and just live as if they're not there, but I don't want to make them sad. I don't hate them... It's just that I don't feel comfortable. But situations make me always be around them, well at least for this 3 years of my life.

But I don't want to keep running away. I don't want them to think that I hate them or anything, I do care about them. But everytime they're there I'm always afraid that whatever I do they'll judge me and say cruel things. I'm just plain scared. At one point I even froze when they tried to talk to me, even though they were actually trying to be silly or something.

Please help me, I don't know what's wrong with me.. I don't want to have this kind of friendship for the rest of my high school year.

[CANDC]

School age popularity and incrowds are big issues in school. Later they are less important. I would try to be as genuine as possible with everyone and where you are most comfortable will become evident.

[chocaholic]

And join lots of groups so you meet other people in the school. Do not limit yourself to just one type of friend.