be more social

At work I talked to one of the new people. He was really nice and seemed like he needed a friend. I couldn’t beileve that I acually had a conversation with sombody, and in the end when he left, he shook my hand and I shook it back, somthing I never do. Maybe there is hope yet.

Having a normal conversation with sombody that I dont know or dont know very well, is very hard. For me, I dont know how to go past, “Hey, how’s it going?”. I know that the best thing to do is ask them about them selves, but they way I ask and all, it just all ends up so boring, its a waste of time for me. So I normaly just sit in the cornner and hide out when it comes to any kind of social situations, but i do manige to live. At least I made one fried before the social anxiety came in, so I am not completely alone, and do have some one to talk. Thats always nice. But my theripist wants me to try to get past this wall I have created around my self and start trying to make new friends, but its just very hard for me to have a real conversation with sombody, feels like I am socialy impared. If any body has any suggestions on how to start a keep a conversation going with sombody, than it all would be apreciated, thanks!