How to Talk to People

I'm looking for advise on how to talk to people. Today I tried to talk to 2 girls and I couldn't think of a thing to say and there was a painful awkward silence then I just said bye. I already heard the 'just be yourself' advise but it just isn't working well with me. I also have social anxiety which makes talking to new people tough so I could really use some help.

Hmm how to put this its a tricky question.... If you want to talk to someone start with something you may think you both like obviously you need to be yourself but as you said someone has already said that to you I don't know how much this will help but I just talk to people to talk to them I like to have fun and just joke around with them and talk about things we like and it goes from there im used to acting like myself infront of anyone so this may not be helpful to you but this is not an easy question to answer all I can say is practice talking to others until you find out what it is that causes you to stop talking for whatever reason it may be hope this helps Ed if not feel free to pm me remember you have friends that are there for you and Im one of them.

I do the same thing all the time. The best thing to do is not approach them at all honestly because theyll approach you and when they do theyll do the leg work and you know they are interested in being friends or aquantences..

^ ah yes, the good ol' "wait for them to talk to me" approach. If they're waiting for me to talk to them, then maybe if I wait for them to talk to me it'll work. Yes, that'll definitely work.

works for me a lot, don't know what you're saying. I have really bad anxiety; my face burns hot and ears turn red and my tongue sticks to the bottom of my mouth. I rather wait for them to approach me then go through that, and women usually do. May not be the best idea for everyone but that's what I do so I advise it.

crimson has a point. I don't talk to people I don't know out of the blue if I don't have anything to say to them. My advice is to just pretend like they are your friend and talk to them as such. Another tip, pretend you are an idiot who doesn't know where he is at and ask them for directions. When she tells you where to go say something that interests you about the place and go from there. I can't help you out on details of small talk but that's a great place to start.

I just simply let my biceps do the talking for me. Usually I end up with too many girls talking to me though. Then I have to filter out all the ugly ones and go from there...

Say something completely random and then they will ask you why you said that, then reply with because "it's a good conversation starter" and then they will reply with "How?" or "Why?" and then reply with "well it worked because we are having a conversation right now" and then hope they find what you said clever and hope the conversation carries on. (I do NOT take full responsibility if you CHOOSE to take my advice)