@Obsessed That's almost exactly what I used to be like until a year ago... always standing alone, afraid of making the first step.
I'm a girl (and yeah, I called myself CountDracula on here), too, and I've got lots of male friends from Muslim countries :) I don't know what it's like where you...
@Obsessed You can... If I can do it, you can, too, I'm sure.
What really helped me was sports. In my case, it's streetdance... and, you know, there's no 'I' in 'crew'. Maybe you should try sports as well :) it might also be something different, of course... it should just be in a crew or...
Problem spotted. In most of the cases, the problem isn't the others - the problem lies within the one who complains. If you hate yourself, you give yourself a negative aura. In other words: If you don't like yourself - whoelse will?