Growing up I was fat, nerdy and loved video games. However, I was animated enough to have a decent social life. I still cannot converse about normal things as t

Growing up I was fat, nerdy and loved video games. However, I was animated enough to have a decent social life. I still cannot converse about normal things as the majority of topics that the general public discusses are, in my opinion, boring. Social interaction is important for any persons mental health and sometimes physical health. It does seem that your post has an underlying tone of not feeling normal in the sense of your current social interactions. Many of the posters here recommend just going out etc. I would recommend starting with going to places that one could reasonably assume like minded individuals exist. Thus leading to my recommendations. meetup.com tons of meetups for people interested in development, software etc. Hackerspaces are great for talking about nerdy stuff as well. While your scope of interaction will be limited in these contexts you will find that interacting with people you have similarities with will often diverge into more normal topics like movies, weather, and politics. Going to an environment where you can reasonably assume there is others like you is a great "first step" out of social awkwardness. My number one rule listen an order of magnitude more than you talk.