To give some background I'm a freshman in college and I would consider myself pretty attractive and charismatic but I can only get into a good mindset when I'm either joking around with friends not giving a fuck, or under the influence of alcohol.

To keep it fairly short I had a pretty exciting first semester where I was meeting people and felt like I had a much better mindset and I wasn't nearly as afraid of meeting new people.

But second semester I've started drifting away from my only "real" friend because he's too introverted and the type of guy goes to a party plays beer pong, doesn't talk to anyone or try to, and ends up blaming it on the party itself. I really feel like he's a bad influence in that sense.

So now basically I have no real friends and I started reading into PUA 3 months ago and I know I need to just start talking to everyone with freedom of outcome and I'll basically fix my problem, but I just get in this mindset where I feel alone and too afraid to talk to people.

Oh and just for some more background I had my first real connection with a girl and first semester and then after 3 months I realized she was basically using me even though I thought she felt the same and then a week after we stopped hanging out she started dating a guy and it fucked me up emotionally, but I've learned a lot from that experience. Also I Didn't have my first kiss till my first semester but I've been with around 7 girls since but I haven't had sex because it would've just felt like using someone to masturbate since I didn't feel a deep connection. I really don't have any feeling of feelings of sexual inadequacy.