So I (21F) was at the grocery store in town and I saw someone (21/22M) that I have always thought was cute since middle school walking to another aisle. I panicked and went down a different aisle (the one I needed to go to anyways). Why do I still get so anxious around him? Any tips on how to talk to him? 

I especially feel anxious because in middle school sometimes he would try to converse with me and I would respond but I was very depressed at the time so I didn’t talk much. Then in high school I could barely even say hi to him in the hallways for the brief times we saw each other. I beat myself up to this day about Freshman year that I could’ve said hi to him and his brother when they were literally walking close by me. Again I was going through some serious confidence issues and depression and anxiety. I probably seemed like a rude bitch.