tips on overcoming social anxiety/shyness?

Question

sos!
I hate being shy. It sucks. It holds me back from doing so many things and I’m just over it.
I wanna know if anyone else has experienced this and knows of helpful ways to overcome it. Even little things will help. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Answer

Force yourself to go somewhere where you'll interact with peoole without bringing a friend with you.
I started going to a kickboxing class. It took me a long time to start a conversation on my own, but people there were very friendly and it helped me a lot.
I'm currently on Erasmus and being alone away from home helped me as well. The friends I met here don't believe me that I'm an introvert.
I even went on a one day solo trip and was surprised with my social skills. I went to a free tour and got talking with two other people who were there solo and we went to dinner together.
You need to repeatedly put yourself into a situation where you are alone amongst strangers who have something in common with you or you have to somehow interact with them. Eventually you will learn to interact with them on your own. It helps if they're not all one group of friends, because that's harder for an outsider to get in, but you'll learn on your own

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I’m shy too, still working on it. Approaching and talking to one person at a time was always a way to make friends for me. I tend to avoid groups of people I don’t know well, since they make me even more shy. Oddly enough looking for apartments helped me get over my anxiety a bit since I had to interact with people. xD
Having an idea of what I’m going to say or writing it down helps with making phone calls, or other situations where I don’t want my brain to go awol on me. ^^
Start with situations that are less scary and slowly expand. Also, situations where your focus is on an activity are a nice start since it gets your mind off of what other people are thinking, like painting classes. Something you are passionate about enough to stop thinking about how other people perceive you.

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Ohhhhhhhhh boy. I have severe social anxiety and have been in therapy for years because of it. As far as dealing with other people I always tell myself that other people are so concerned with them selves they don't really care about what I do or say and don't judge me because of it, and if they do then that's their problem. 
As far as being anxious going into certain places, sometimes you just gotta tough out the panic attack. I go somewhere with a small goal in mind. Just get in the door and stay there until I  feel comfortable and the anxiety subsides then leave. Repeat this going a little further each time until you've gotten past the anxiety. 
It's damn tough to deal with but work at it a little at a time. What are things that specifically make you anxious? 
If you can, it may seem counter intuitive, but getting a job really helped with my social anxiety.

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