Being self aware it is not necessarily a positive thing. Whenever you refer to someone as being self conscious, it means that the person you are referring to, is far to aware of herself and his surroundings, as well as all the potential dangers and risks that could happen at any points.
And that is causing that person to self censor herself unnecessarily, or avoid certain parts of life to avoid the inherent danger that you could find there. The more aware you are of yourself, the more you are of all the potential things that could go wrong, in order to control that anxiety you might find it very tenting to diminish your life.
This is where the desire of the average person comes, to escape reality and not be very concerned of what the truth really is, because the truth is often scary.
Being conscious is like trying to talk over the echo of your own voice, it makes it almost impossible to talk coherently.
Sadly we are trapped here with this mind that it is so conscious of itself, as far as I know there is no way to destroy or effectively reduce consciousnesses without major negative side effects.
If you live your life in denial you won't live to your full potential, as far as other solution humans have been trying along the history like drugs or lobotomies they have their really obvious down sides.
There is no way back since you know things you can't unknown them. The only way that is available is forward.
If consciousnesses is like noise that is preventing you from expressing freely or functioning, and it is impossible to eliminate it. The only available option left is to learn to manage it.
This is possible using consciousness itself, because you are conscious it means that you can become aware of the fact that being so conscious is causing you some problems, which can motivate you to find a solution to this problem.
Incomplete knowledge is what is causing you anxiety, knowing enough about something is what will reduce your anxiety. This is why expanding your awareness about yourself and your environment is the solution to anxiety derived from awareness.
