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Improv-Interactions – A GUY’S GUIDE TO BUILDING SOCIAL VALUE, OVERCOMING ANXIETY, AND INTERACTING WITH WOMEN.So…Do you want to know what the biggest BLOCK for people who struggle socially is?”I just don’t know what to say.”This used to be my constant fear when I was in social situations. I got so fed up with being known as “the shy one”, I ended up avoiding most of it not ALL situations involving people.Here is how it went for me:I would be in a social situation with people chatting away.THEN…I would sit there listening to what was going on and trying to find something to join in with.BUT…Nothing came to mind. I was stuck in my own headspace that I just couldn’t think of anything to add to the conversation. Every attempt that I made would be short and closed off- then they would go back to their conversation.But that is only one part of it…That kind of behaviour happens when you are IN an interaction…but I wanted to do more than that. I didn’t want to be trapped and resigned to just the people I knew by circumstance.I wanted to CREATE interactions. I wanted to walk up to anybody in any situation. It could be with strangers, groups, hired staff, in a doctors office, at a cafe, in a bar or club, on the street…And when I thought about this list of possible situations and scenarios I had to deal with and think up on what to say- it became overwhelming!How could anybody have something prepared and planned for every situation?I didn’t want to approach situations with a pre-set plan. I wanted to be flexible in my conversations and interactions. Having some planned would make me feel too wooden and like a robot.I KNEW I could not prepare for every situation. I had to develop a structure and system that applies to EVERY SOCIAL SITUATION, and this is what I created…