How do you overcome social anxiety??

Question

i cant really do much in front of people like stand up straight, catch a ball,and singing. what can i do? i can only do these things while im alone. i have anxiety in front of people, i know i shouldnt care about what people think about me but i try to but it doesnt work, im afraid to look stupid..

Answer 1

I had social anxiety. Now listen, this might work because it did for me. Your fear is that you are afraid of being around people or afraid that they are thinking something really bad about you (that might not be true), right? Well, the only way to elliminate the fear is to face the fear itself. What causes it? Where? When? Be there, know it and do it. It doesn't hurt to try. I was a waitress when I had the problem. I was shaking when I served my first table. But round after round, I got used to it. It wasn;'t much of a big deal being around everybody afterall. I mean, this was my scenario. I'm not telling you to become a server or anything, but if you'd like u can, just letting you know that others are struggling with this illness too and believe it or not, can overcome it. If I can, you can sweety. Good luck.

Answer 2

Deep breathing with a general sense of belonging.  It takes time

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Answer 3

I know the feeling (Never say I know exactly what you feel to anyone becaue it is not true. E-mail me if you want me to explain why. GO to my profile to email.)

Well first of all, I do beleive t is social anxety. I go through the samething. Ok, first, get near the group of kids you want to hang out with. Don't do anything to get their attention. Study them for a while. See how they reavt to certain things other people do. Then, if you find them satisfing, make an approch introduce yourself in a way to get their attention and ask if you may join. They may not expect you to talk but if you manage to get close with out freaking out, give yourself a pat on the back. But this is just stage one. The real challenge is here. Trying to get to know the bunch.My tip i to try and imagine you are invisible,(It takes time, but then it will pay off).Once you get the hang of doing thing infront of people who (in your head don't exist.) it gets a bit easier. If you manage to be freinds with them for at least a month, you can befreind anyone. I am still working on having friends my self.

Another tip, try to open up. Explain to them why you feel anxious. If they realy want to be your freind, they will help with some advise. Probably and most likely, better than mine. If you keep doing this, you will feel less anxous (I hope. I still feel anxious, but not as much as I used to).

Answer 4

This may sound dumb.... but I say you should try to go to some kind of party, or some event where you drink alcohol. If you drink enough, your social anxiety will go away and you will act like yourself, and possibly even stupider. Then given you didn't drink so much that you don't remember anything, you will see that you can be yourself  (or a much dumber version of yourself) and people will accept you.

Answer 5

Try doing this in front of a few people that you trust.  As you become more confident start adding more people.