Well, I have a lot of friends who are into the whole party/club thing and whenever one of them takes me a long with them I find myself not having fun because I don't talk to anybody. I usually just stand by my friend the whole night while they talk to people or something. Even if I get introduced to people I still feel like I don't have anything to say to them and keep quiet the whole night. It's gotten to the point where I hate going to these events because I feel totally out of place.

I've discussed this problem with my friends and they all just tell me to act like myself or something like that. I've been told by my friends that I'm a pretty funny/whitty guy and that's why they take me with them, however around new people I'm just so shy. I really don't know how to work out this problem so I'm interested in some guidance or something.