At 12/29/08 05:15 PM, EclecticEnnui wrote:
Maybe you guys can help me.
Start small. If it's hard for you to have a conversation face-to-face, start practicing the very beginning.
For instance, go to a mall or any other place with a bunch of people and start practicing by simply saying 'hello'. You don't have to anything other than that, just say hello and move on.
Once you've done that a couple of times and you feel good about it, start adding some stuff. For example: "Hey, how are you doing?".
If you do this, you keep adding stuff untill finally, you can have a conversation with someone. The important thing to remember here is that you need to step outside of your comfort zone. By saying things you don't feel comfortable saying, and repeating them multiple times, you'll get used to them, thus enlarging your comfort zone.
To focus a bit more on getting a woman, you can do exactly the same thing. Just go up to girls, start by saying "hi, how are you?" untill it feels good. Then, after that, you can start building on that.
I think it's best if you, because you're trying to learn and grow, you somewhere along the road add that you're trying to be more social and learn how to talk to people. If you go up to a girl and say: "Hi, how are you?", they'll typically ask you how you are doing. So when they do, you can answer with: "I'm actually trying to be more social with people. You see, I have a syndrome that makes it more difficult for me to talk to people, so I'm here to practice."
If you say that to women, you'll find that they'll be very understanding, and very often will help you with your problem. This also allows you to think of what you're going to say to them, as they now know why you need to think about it. If they don't know, you can explain them, providing you with something to talk about.
If you're going to practice this way, which I seriously hope you will, you need focus only on practice. Don't get hold back by whatever it is you feel inside, but realize that if you do this, you'll conquer your weaknesses and grow stronger every day.
If you want, you can keep track of your progress in a journal and PM what you've done to me. I'll go through it with you, discussing how well you did, as well as some new things to try out.
Plus I'll teach you more about women, which should come in handy ;)