Anxious around people surrounding me

@Rjisbraindead

Hi guests! Your post is literally so relative to me because I also experienced this before and I'm even still experiencing this right now. The first thing that comes into my mind when I'm in an environment that I'm not used to is that what if they think I'm a weirdo? Are they going to make fun of me? I am being really awkward right now? What should I do? HELP! However, I'm also trying my hardest to adapt to the new environment and maybe talk to some people. I think one of the most important phrases to overcome this situation is YOLO: You only live once. You have only one life, no second chance, there's no later. Go for it, live as full as you can, because you don't have a second chance. Guess what, it really helped. I tried to start a conversation with someone that I don't know; I tried to talk more with someone that I do know. It feels great, it's never awkward. But how do I know? Because I actually tried. If you don't even what to attempt a try, how do you know that's bad? Thinking back, looking at the other perspective, when random people just came up to me and talk with me, it feels great. It's just incredible when someone would start a conversation with me, and I never thought that that person is awkward. So YOLO, anxiety is something that you can beat

Me too. I'm comfortable while texting someone ( other than my friends) but get anxious around people that I have never met when my friends are not around. I avoid talking on the call too. But I'm trying to improve myself. I challenge myself into doing things that I normally wouldn't do. I am improving bit by bit and hope to overcome this.