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To all you talkative aspies out there, how do I get over being so damn shy? I mean I am sooo shy and have NO idea what to say to another human being IRL. I just kinda sit there (or stand), its really awkward. I have almost no friends because of this.

Here's the kicker though, not to sound conceited or anything, but I'm really a great person. Like I'm someone who you can count on to be there, I'm super compassionate, the whole nine. I just can't get passed step one so I can show my true colors. I need help real bad in this department.

i have to take mediciene to make that happen(verbal). its a stimulant med that i had been on for quite sometime until here recently. hows your heart physically? do you ingest any caffiene at all? (chocolate, mountain dew, coffee, energy drinks, "stacker"pills?) if so, does that ever help any?
maybe theres someone that prefers to write notes or something back and forth? (look for other quiet, shy, type of people in the area. or, in my case when i didnt have meds, find someone who is overly chatty, and you wont have to worry about having something to say. you can respond with nods and smiles, and this might not be someone that you can picture being friends with, but maybe she or he might lead you to others who are shy too, and it would prollu start out with her/him chatting, then him/her would bring friends along, and him/her would chat most of the time, and keeping the awkward silence away, while the people who are the persons friend may have a more natural convesation (un"pushed") leading to a possible friendship.

Well the clinical solution is to observe the target, acquire information on it preferably about common interests or things that stand out as unique, and then engage using said information to fill a variety of slots depending upon the situation. For example a compliment may be appropriate to begin or perhaps short comment or question can lead into more open ended conversation and perhaps most importantly remember to follow up a conversation with a plan to meet up again or at least contact information so this plan can be formulated later.

You'll want to practice this process a lot until it becomes easier to acquire information and form it into a comment or question that will be positively received.