I've never had social anxiety so I'm not sure ...but an easy way to make friends is to ask people questions about themselves ... Most people like to talk about themselves ... I do anyway :) my favourite subject is ME !!! .... I should work on getting over that.
I would assume that starting out on a social site might help?
I truly empathize with you. Have you tried praying to calm your nerves. When I do it gives me courage to at least try
a friend that cares about u can hold hands with u and talk to u.