Lack of social success

Hey everyone,

First of all, I'm not sure if I'm posting in the right section so pardon me. Just a little background info: I'm a 17 year old male student who was in a boys school for the past 4 years and had almost no contact with any girls my entire life. So I've entered this new part of my life, junior college, this year and I'm finally starting to know girls. It's been a month since school started but I don't seem to be coping well both socially and academically. I don't think pmo is a reason for this as I reached my 6 month of abstinence 2 days ago. I don't know why but I just don't seem to be associating well with both the guys and girls in my class, and I still haven't found any bro-potential kind of guy, which is extremely opposite from the past 4 years of my life. I'm even starting to think that being in a boys school was more fun as I could be my true self without fear of getting judged, and I was indeed happier over there where all we cared about was brotherhood and there was no drama or any of this nonsense with girls around. I just don't seem to be able to maintain conversations with girls, and even if I do, the convos die out in a few min, which makes it more and more difficult for me to try talking to other girls.

I'm just really confused right now and I have no idea why I can't seem to make any friends, regardless of their gender, since I was ( and still am) quite well-liked by my friends from my previous school. I've read a lot of articles about confidence and stuff, but all these casual socialising just isn't for me, it doesn't feel natural for me. Should I just be myself and continue being like this and just hope for the best or am I doing anything wrong?


Thank you!