How do you make friends?

Hey @Alli_Pisces‍ :) I also struggle with severe social anxiety and I know how much it absolutely sucks. I started my freshman year of college this past August and was terrified about making friends. I was so scared that I agreed to room with a girl from my high school and that I was ok friends with but deep down I am soooo intimidated by her, all because I couldn’t bare to do a random roommate and get stuck with some overly peppy sorority girl. It was pretty hard at first because I only knew my roommate and another girl who graduated a year before us who goes to our college (we are the only 3 from our hs here). Honestly, the best advice I can give to you low key sucks. I’ve found that I have to put myself out there (it hurt just typing that) and I promise you I know how scary and daunting that sounds. I have found one of my new best friends (and future roommate thank god) by saying hi to a girl during a fire drill at 5am. I am so great full for whatever came over me to actually talk to a stranger because I love this girl:) Anyways, it’s still really rough some days. I’ve been to mayyybbbe 3 parties and it’s been 7 months, but honestly that’s better than I was last year. So all in all I’ve learned that sometimes I really just have to bite the bullet and make the first move. About keeping friends.... I’ve already lost maybe 2 friends that I thought were going to be in my life forever, naive I know. But one girl and I just grew apart due to conflicting schedules and are still friendly just no more 2am trips to sonic. The other friend went full on grade A queen B that gave me bad memories of High School. She just straight up told me I was annoying as hell and I was way to meek and should get a backbone. That really hurt and I felt like all the process I had made went down the drain. But 3 days later that fire drill happened and I met my current best friend and I don’t think she’ll ever know how much she has saved me. This is SOOO cheesy and I apologize now, but the best way to keep friends is to just be yourself. I’m a totally muted person around my roommate but around my new friends here I’m a sarcastic marvel/harry potter/mythology GEEK that oddly enough like to hunt and ride horses yet dresses like a grunge hoe. I can’t promise that it will get easier because social anxiety sucks (and don’t listen to the people who say suck it up and get over it) but I will promise  you that it does get better!! You can talk to me if you ever need to:)) stay strong<3