More social avoidance, but as close as I can find
I'm not really positive I have social anxiety. In social situations I'm generally all right except I constantly worry about making a fool of myself. I tend to avoid dancing and anything that draws attention to me, but when I'm with a small group of people or with people I know, I'm perfectly fine. I'm also never able to start a social interaction. Someone needs to speak to me first or invite me someplace or something. Because of this, I'm normally just sitting around at home and barely have interactions with others except during work. It's been like this pretty much as long as I can remember. Any suggestions?
It's normal to feel uncomfortable having large amounts of attention drawn to you. Do you feel uncomfortable making plans with people and starting conversations? Or do you just prefer not to?
I'm the same when it comes to not wanting to be the one to suggest doing things, but I've started to practice by inviting close friends and family out for coffee, etc. At first I only did it over text, but it's become easier to ask people in person, as well as asking aquaintances.
I found it easiest to start small, by asking people I knew well and thought likely that they'd say yes, which built my confidence, so I now find it easier to be the one to suggest doing things together. And if people say no, I don't take it personally, because most of the time it's just that people are busy, and they'll often get back to me later suggesting a different time.
Hope that helps! :)