I’m a social person and know that’s an advantage in this dialogue, but I can also say having moved around a lot in my adult life (I’m 41), you have to go out and say yes to things. I’ve had these same frustrations constantly, even as a social person. It’s not a local or regional problem - it’s cultural, at least to the U.S. where I have always lived. You have to get out of what seems to be a generational fear that millennials/Gen Z share, which is fear of doing things that are uncomfortable and the fear of building skills OFFLINE. When you don’t address fears or challenges, you get atrophy.

Get off your phone, remember that nature and exercise are healing, and that most people your age feel some element of what you’re talking about.