Any advice on making new friends?

What goes into making friends? I know its a stupid question, but I struggle with social anxiety, and shyness. I very recently returned to my hometown after divorcing an abusive controlling man whom I had been with for 3 years. Because I enabled his controlling me, I have lost contact with many friends, and worse yet, I feel terribly intimidated by the prospect of making new friends, because I worry that, because my choice in my old relationship was so poor, I question my ability to discern ';good folks';, from ';bad folks';. Anybody that can advise me on this I would highly appreciate it.';Any advice on making new friends?
Read the book ';Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway'; by Susan Jeffers. It's an amazing book and will help you greatly.Any advice on making new friends?
making friends is easy you need to open up. Your like a unread letter, you need to open up for people to read you. But don't open up to the point where you can be used. People shouldn't be afraid of other hey should be happy to meet some one new.
I'm so sorry for what happened...I'm sure deep inside you are a really sweet person...all you need to do is go to places to show your sweetness off...if by any chance you have old friends numbers....contact them..and just be a friend...I'm sure you know how to be one...but you need to know people in order to become their Friend..well work is one place....also you can find people that seem to have the same things in common as you do..this can easily be done by looking at the way the person is dressed..dont stereo type..if they have the same taste in dressing as you...this means you would notice more similarities within each other once you both become close....hope you feel better..good luck
If you want to make new friends, be sociable and don't be aggressive. Just be yourself.