I still suck at talking to strangers, the concept scares me greatly, I've never been entirely sure why. Anxiety maybe? My biggest breakthrough was realizing in

I still suck at talking to strangers, the concept scares me greatly, I've never been entirely sure why. Anxiety maybe? My biggest breakthrough was realizing in college, that I could go to a coffee shop and order a cup of coffee and talk to the cashier, and they were usually very friendly. So, now when anyone is serving or helping me (waitress, barista, security guard, guy who empties the trash cans, whatever) I say hi and ask "how's it going". It's not a deep interaction, and it's not huge, but considering the number of days I used to go without saying anything to anyone, it's a nice improvement.