I lost my ability to talk to people, everything i say is bland and i put a lot of effort into everything i say, because it’s so hard for me to come up with stuff for some reason, i don’t even have the basic conversations down that everyone has with each other. i just finished a 4 month depression and want to improve quickly because there’s a lot of socially taxing things coming up in my life and future.
How can I work on these things more frequently? I almost feel incapable because I don’t even know how to start a conversation or ask a meaningful question. I’m so bad at it that I often say redundant things just to fill silence and I make myself look stupid a lot. I used to be so much more social but never realized it, now I know what it’s like to be a true introvert that’s afraid to even open his mouth. Is there a cheat sheet somewhere for a list of questions I can memorize or something?
Nothing feels natural right now I feel like I need to study this or something, even though I’m talking to more people each day I don’t feel much improvement and feel burnt out very quickly. When I’m burnt out I’m practically nonverbal even around the people I’m comfortable with. Sorry for the yapping. Any advice helps I want to be able to live life so badly.