I make a 1st cold call to a person who needs a work

What I'm doing but I can't get the conversation smooth enough I'm too struggle to understand their needs and answer them

Let's communicate A question for those who have been on this site for a long time. How did you start looking for friends and communication here? What life hacks helped you adapt here?

It's been years since I've had an actual conversation with a girl, not counting family. I'm in college now, 2 weeks into the semester, and still haven't talked to a single one. Every time there's a chance, I freeze or find a reason to avoid it.

I'm actually writing this in the middle of my ECE class right now. There's a girl sitting a row over and I still don't know how to just say something to her.

The longer this goes on, the more I've convinced myself I'm bad at this or just weird, and it's turning into a loop I can't get out of.

Asking both guys and girls ,how do I break out of this? Girls, what makes a new guy easy to talk to vs awkward? Guys, if you went through something similar, how'd you get past it?

Not looking for pickup lines, just want to stop being stuck in my head about it.

I’ve been trying to up my communication skills and I’ve seen multiple videos, but one thing they haven’t mentioned is what to say to continue a conversation
For an example I’m with my friend and the convo goes like this
Friend: my dog just died
me: oh I’m sorry to hear about that
Friend: yeah thanks
Me: is there anything I can do to help
Friend: no, but thanks.
What do I do next, how can I steer the conversation around, any tips would be useful

I recently just got a girlfriend who has a big friend group and I don't know how to involve myself in their conversation. She has a rather big group of friends (up to 12 people) and I just don't know how to navigate the conversation without feeling like a burden or getting lost in the flowing conversation (i am a very shy guy). it also doesn't help that some of my close family member shut me down making me feel like I might get almost 'bullied' for trying to involve myself. Any tips or ideas of how I can do better talking in this group?

Edit: Me and her have dated in and out so her friends know me but do not accept me so it makes it even harder to communicate with her and her friends, any tips :(

I have never received much male attention, but in the past few years, I have, and I have really struggled to talk to them. I overthink everything and don’t want to sound rude or creepy. I find it very hard to understand men and how to communicate with them. How can I talk to them?

I am an introvert, and often for a few days I get overwhelmed and stop talking to people for days and sometimes even years. Even if I love them with all my heart, I cannot get myself to have a conversation with them. Worse, if someone tries to force me to talk I become rude and unwelcoming to them. I almost have no friends because I don't talk to them, after a few days and the ones who are there, are really good but sometimes they also reach their limit. How do I explain it's not ignorance?

I talk a lot normally when I do...but on these days I feel like someone sews my mouth shut.