I’ve had social anxiety for like 3-4 yrs. I’m selectively introverted and vibe for hours with the ones I’m comfortable with (at least in the beginning).
The anxiety has drastically ameliorated for the past couple of years with my body betraying me and me havin Lip twitches all of a sudden when exposed to a social environment.
Rn I’m coping it up by chewing something or another for the time I’m in a social surrounding.
This has led me to be shy and quite insecure with drastic retrospections, harsh judgements both on society and myself and concluding to gather more and more mental demons altogether.
Set me free please. Give advice. Lmk if you went thru the same phase.
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Recognize as long as you continue to believe and make your anxiety your problem, you will come off that way to other people. People notice the way you act and carry yourself around them. Anxiety, fear, overthinking, etc. are negative vibes. Reason being you are telling people you feel unworthy around other them and that you need constant validation from them. That’s not how you want to come off to people. People gravitate towards confidence, not anxiety.
You reduce anxiety by getting into the habit of doing the very thing making you anxious, which is talking to people. Overtime, it becomes easy, but you need to put yourself out there consistently.
Also, anxiety goes hand in hand with being generally idle in life and worrying about others. You need to be genuinely busy in life pursuing some some goals and hobbies you enjoy. Focus on your crafts or talents. That will give you immense confidence and it will rub off in social situations.