The funny thing is if I was talking about subjects that truly interested me(as oppsoed to those assigned) like animal caretaking, spay/neuter pets, popular books, dance I was perfectly at ease. I guess I'm just weird.
I know exactly what you mean. I used to volunteer for an HIV clinic (eventually stopped because I my emotions couldn't handle it anymore). But one thing I did was safe sex workshops, I could get up in front of a large group of people and talk about sex and safe sex and those kinds of things. But when I meet someone new on a one to one level I just stand there and don't say anything because I'm too shy to talk.