/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>10741681
not that anon, but I have an extreme problem with this specifically
I'm absolute terrified of people, and of embarrassing myself, it takes my a long time to work up the nerve to even ask someone for a picture
I'm able to smalltalk with people by basically just disassociating from myself, but I'm never able to make that next step like what you're describing to let someone know I'm interested or to find a way to keep talking to them
I've gone to the same local con for 7 years and still never even made one friend from it, much less a girlfriend
I'm just completely clueless on how to escalate conversations like that and so utterly terrified of it that it makes me want to curl into a ball just thinking about doing it
I have no idea how to break out of this, I'm so horribly lonely and feel like an alien around other people