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Are you in school? Perhaps you could take a basic Interpersonal Communication or Communication survey course. Even if you are not, you can take such a course at a local community college, where it will be very inexpensive. I used a lot of group activities to help students meet others, while at the same time the class teaches students various communication strategies and how to use them to analyze and improve their own communication effectiveness. Don't despair. Things can get better.