I really want to start biking because I want to eventually make biking the main way I commute when I get back to my college campus. Whenever I think about biking in my own neighborhood (I like in a quite suburb), I get extremely anxious.

I think

\-- people are making fun of my form

\-- people are judging me

\-- people are thinking that I'm a nuisance to the road

\-- I'm somehow breaking the law by riding in my own neighborhood

Is there anyway to combat these thoughts? Please help!