I have pretty bad social anxiety, but I’ve been working on it, and it’s getting better. I identify with most of the problems I see people post here, and when I see people discussing solutions in the comments, the only consistent and overarching solution to just talk to people. No strategy is going to make you better except for just continually working at being social and talking to people. It’s going to suck at first and be uncomfortable, but it is only going to get better. I speak from experience; I’ve made friends with people who I was really nervous to talk to, but I would just keep powering through it and not overthinking it. I think most people internally know this, they’re just waiting for some opportunity to prevent itself, but most of the time it won’t happen. Even if you make a fool of yourself, you learn something and it is 1000% better than missing an opportunity, even a small one. For example, there was this girl who sat next to me for a while in one of my classes who I really like, but I couldn’t bring myself to talk to her. I almost did, and nearly offered her a computer charger when she needed one but didn’t out of fear. I have to say, I regret that every time I see her, and I no longer sit next to her. Even a small conversation like that can easily segue into something else, and at least you won’t regret not having done something. So stop reading about other people’s problems and go talk to someone.