Anyone have this problem?

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The only special interest I ever had was finding a girlfriend. I remember this all the way from preschool. If you'll ask people that know me, they'll say I'm good at math, but I don't find it interesting.

I haven't hung out with anyone since I was 12 since I get too nervous to approach people and when they do they pretend to be interested in me but they are faking it. I don't think there's anyone here that hasn't hung out with someone for a period of eight years.

I don't want to graduate college without never having dated. Yet engineering is one of those timesink degrees. If I can't find anyone in college, I'm 100% confident that there's no chance I can survive in the real world. I can't be this socially challenged, I can go to college yet can't find a date like the rest of the universe??

I was a lot like you. And in some ways it sounds like I still am. I went years in grade school not hanging out with anyone. Again in college I really didn't hang out with anyone. It hasn't been since the last few years of university that I've started to have a small group of friends that I see. I know it's not an easy thing to do when you got noone that you hang out with.

I thought I'd graduate university without ever dating but out of nowhere this girl came around and we dated for a bit. It sounds like you've got a lot going for you. You're an engineering student so you know you'll find work and be well off. I would think girls are attracted to guys who are engineers.

I felt as if everyone found me boring and uninteresting. Do you have any hobbies or interests? Even reading? Maybe there are some clubs around campus that you could sign up for. What about outside your college? Are there any groups that you find interesting?

I hate to say it, but you have to go out of your comfort zone. Even if it causes anxiety or a breakdown. If you have a certain goal, go for it.

Read PUA stuff too. The more you interact the easier it gets. Usually anyway.

Sounds like a lame answer but have you tried not trying so hard? Maybe of you take the pressure off yourself and make it a bit more casual without the pressure of seeing a girl and immediately viewing her as a prospective girlfriend, you might find it easier to casually chat. If I were you I'd take things one step at a time and set kind of mini tasks for myself, such as, today I will have a conversation with someone I don't know very well, today I will go to a small social setting, and build up to things like today I will ask x if she would like to join me for a drink later.

I think you've got way too much pressure on yourself, therefore on every social encounter which will make you nervous. If you go in smaller increments you a) have more chance of being able to confidently interact because it's only a little bit more difficult than something you've already done and b) would get to know the girl first. Presumably you don't just want any girlfriend, it would have to be a suitable person so you wouldn't end up with someone completely wrong for you and you break up after 2 weeks.