Hey,
So basically my story is that through the first years of secondary school I was always relatively popular and had lots of friends, that kind of diminished as I got to the end and I left secondary school in year 11 with pretty much no friends. It's kind of hard to explain why, but I would say a lot of it was to do with my sexuality and the fact that I hadn't come to terms with it and didn't want people to know I was gay - there was a group of girls who I got along well with but I thought being friends with only girls would make me seem 'gay' so I stopped hanging around with them which understandably led to my friendship with them deteriorating, and instead hung around with a group of males who I didn't really get along with and didn't have close friendships at the end.
I went to a different sixth form college to do A Levels and I was hoping to make friends there, but it didn't really happen as there wasn't much opportunity, I spoke to people and made acquaintances but nobody I would really consider a friend.
Now I'm moving out to University I'm really hoping I'm able to make proper friends, but my question is does it seem likely I'll be able to? I actually wouldn't say I have poor social skills but the fact that I've been left friendless for the past few years has diminished my confidence which I'm scared will prevent me from making friends - furthermore, even if I do get along well with people will they not see the fact that I have no friends atm as off putting and not want to make friends with me as a result?
It's something I'm really worried about as uni approaches so would be really grateful if anyone could help me out or give me any advice, or if anyone had been in the same position before that would be great.
tl;dr I currently have no friends, will I be able to make amy at uni?