The thing that is bothering me the most nowadays is when I meet new people, I always feel "prepared" in advance, but when I actually meet them and have to talk to them, have to "show myself", I realize that I don't really have much to say. I'm just sitting there, listening to what they tell each other but I can't think of anything interesting I can say myself.

Then I go home and realize that there are actually a lot of things I could have said, but this happens only afterwards, not there. So what is going on in these situations?

I hope that this can work better with practice: Saying whatever comes to my mind, without thinking too much about whether it is interesting enough or the right thing to say. I'm also practicing here, so this is one of the reasons behind my post overflow.

What do you think? Do you experience this too?