I've always been a shy kid so I've always had somewhat of social anxiety but after an drastic incident that changed my whole life around for the worse. I lost most of my friends and I isolated myself for a very long time. During the isolation, I also experienced a few other traumatic experiences like cockroaches crawling on me while I sleep or a cloth with a spider colony in it hanging right above my bed. Nothing has been turning around really because I havent been making much of an effort. I feel like the reason I have social anxiety is because I dont have a relationship where I can talk to someone and practice basic communication skills since I seem to be horrible at that. I found someone recently who I really want to meet up with but my social anxiety tells me to flake because I feel I might do something wrong and mess the relationship up. It's a sinking feeling in my stomach that I get and unless I cancel the plans it'll keep hurting like my stomach is eating itself. If you actually read this entire thing. Does anyone know any basic tips on how to cope with mild/severe social anxiety? What's the best way to get rid of that horrible feeling in my stomach? How can I talk to someone without thinking I'm constantly boring them?