When I was young, I had that same problem, really bad. It prevented me from achievements easily within my reach. School; hated going because of it.

In my late teen years, maybe 18, I had a really bad trip on mushrooms. It created so much fear and anxiety within me to the point I was convinced I would die. For several hours I was stuck within my mind, scared. I survived, of course. After a few days I started noticing any amount of fear and anxiety I'd experience naturally didn't feel nearly as bad, because I had that bad trip to compare it to; the natural stuff didn't even come close. Does that make sense?

It's like I needed to know what truly intense fear really feels like so the basic social anxiety stuff couldn't make much of an impact on how I think.

Now I'm the one that freaks people out when they're all shelled up. But I don't mean to. Just trying to be friendly.

Not sure which one is better.