I made some awkward 'comments' a few times now at various people.

'it's that time of day again, very busy'

'how you doin?' (on 3 occassions)

And i asked a complete stranger in a video game store to 'check this game out, how weird is that?' (it was a Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe game)

While not exactly 'small talk' because we didn't have conversation, i achieved what i set out to do, which was to initiate a conversation by making a comment or asking a question. That's pretty much what my psych asked of me.

I'm not exactly proud of myself, but i am relieved that i did it. I'll have something to discuss with my psych in the next session and hopefully we can do some CBT on my thoughts during these real world encounters.