Yesterday I tried doing my first cold approach and I was terrified. I have social anxiety disorder (SAD) which makes me sweat but I'm doing this to first and foremost find a girlfriend and secondly to get rid of my SAD. I went to one of my local malls which is pretty small and I literally just sat there and thought about talking to girls instead of actually doing it. I was pretty mad at myself and went home not accomplishing anything.

Today I went to a bigger mall in my town which I heard was great for Daygame. It's a weekday so it wasn't as many people but there were still a good amount. I was still terrified and walked around aimlessly for an hour before chatting up a girl (who wasn't that attractive) which was a complete dud. I follow the London Daygame model and I only got to stacking with her and she was kind of...yea she just wasn't what I was looking for to say the least lol

I finally went to the food court and saw a decent looking girl (about a 6.5 to a 7) eating Chinese food and I was so scared...but I went up to her and opened. I started sweating but I had a handkerchief handy and she didn't seem to mind. I don't think anyone does tbh so I have to get over that. After I opened, she thought I was gonna say that she ate like a pig. I teased her about it a bit. I then moved in to stacking by saying she seems like she's really good at using chopsticks. She said she's really into Asian culture. I asked which Asian culture and she said Japanese. Then I said, when I think of Japan, I think of the people being extremely laid back and friendly and explained how I was just there over the summer. She asked me why I was there (Hook Point!) and I said I was taking a class there for Uni. Then I said she doesn't sound like she's from around here then she explained she's Turkish and told me about her job and we talked about that for a bit. Then I asked for her name and said hey I have to go but I'd love to invite you out sometime to go get a drink. She said sure but she wanted me to give her my number which I did.

I should have switched it up somehow to get her number in my phone but I was too nervous. Either way I'm happy that I pushed myself out there and I'll continue trying next week. Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated! I've learned a lot from this sub and I'm hoping to learn a lot more for the future

Tl;dr Tried daygame yesterday in a small mall. Approached no one. Tried again today and had a successful conversation but bottled it by giving her my number instead. Glad I put myself out there. Please give suggestions and feedback. It'd be appreciated