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I feel extremely anxious walking through stores or going out in public by myself. Parties or get togethers with people I don't know or see often are even worse. I want to be more social but it's hard to relax.
Yeah, don't get drunk to be in public places...maybe you need a little gradual exposure therapy. You could start by going out to the shops and public more and practicing light conversation with the tellers. Or going up to a staff member to ask where something is. At parties just get involved with the activities that don't require much conversational thought or contribution i.e. dancing, beer pong, drinking games. As a last resort, just get everyone super high, so you don't have to talk.