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>I'm just shy and groups are scary so sometimes I don't like them
That's absolutely fine anon. You're certainly not the first to feel that way, you're certainly not the only one who currenty feels that way, and you absolutely won't be the last one to feel that way.

>I wish I had cliques and friends like they do
You can with persistent effort. You just need to be willing to put in the groundwork.
>ask in thread if anyone wants to hang out, mention you're new and/or shy
>someone drops a link or posts their username
>add them/join them
>next time you see them in a friends+ try joining on them
>say hi to whoever theyre hanging out with
as an example of how it went with me.

Provided you don't somehow have a stroke of bad luck and join a particularly shitty group of people, repeated casual engagement with a familiar group of faces will gradually draw you out of your shell.
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I still have problems with my tendency to retreat/disengage when meetups get particularly loud, but I'm getting a bit better at it day by day.