What has help me dealing with social anxiety. I used to feel like everyone was staring at me that they knew that I was freaking out inside. In turn I would not talk and be awkward when I did because I would stubble over word and be in my head the whole time. People don’t know you have anxiety to them your just a person they have no idea how ur feeling inside u might be freaking out inside. You don’t have to talk a lot but if you lower your bar to what’s worth saying and over time conversation will become easier and flow better and you won’t even be thinking about it. Hope this make sense.