A problem, Help my Bro Options

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I think I should start from the beginning..

When he was in grade school, he had a really good friends through those 5 years. But he lost those friends because of some stupid reasons.

Now to middle school. He was considered kinda popular, although he hardly talked at school. He go in trouble a lot too, plus he didn't get such good grades. Also, since 5th grade, he didn't have a friend, at all. Which caused him to become depressed. Starting in about 7th grade, my dad use to beat him.

In 8th grade, he started to stutter.

He came to highschool, depressed and with no friends. He hasn't had a friends since 5th grade and it stayed like that until now.

He is a freshman in college right now. He and his roomate can make small talk, but they dont really click. He tried to make other small talk with other people, but they just walk away (he still stutters, just saying).

I know its just his 3rd day there, but he already feels horrible again. I know he will meet other people sooner or later. He's too afraid to go to one of those get-togethers with all the freshman, and won't take the initiative to talk to someone first.

I feel so horrible because he basically tells me "I am the only one in the world he has." I tell him to TRY to go to those get-togethers, or try to take an initiative to talk to people. But I feel so... hopeless to help him...

have any other advice i could tell him?