Hello Krazee,

I am also a very shy person. I freeze up in social situations where I don't know people and have nothing in common. Doing small talk is about as easy as talking to a fish.

LMo has a great trick: the key to behaving with someone you don't know well is to ask questions about the other person.

This is hard, but it really does work. It can get clunky and contrived at times, but most people don't notice, and if they do, so what. Most people love to talk about themselves. You can get a lot of practice communicating and you may even find common interests and new friends.

Do you have study groups of other med students? Are you involved in them? It seems that would be a great way to have conversations about common interests and they are a great way to reinforce your studies.

I am curious what kind of a medical career do you see for yourself?

Wherever you go, there you are