If you are struggling with anxiety related to communication with other humans, then you must realize that the anxiety is an irrational fear, and move past it. don't think about what you're doing, just go with the flow. if you do something goofy, you'll benefit from the embarrassment and learning curve, as you are naturally born to.

as a human, it is UNNATURAL to sit around, isolated. it's what causes most of today's social problems with young men, their attachment to technology, isolating them from what they were naturally meant to do, socialize with other humans.

mirror neurons, among many things are produced when you socialize with other humans, it allows emotional growth in the brain. to be emotionally mature is to be a strong man, to be emotionally unstable is to be a weak boy.

how can you be someone's rock if you want to have another rock to rely on for emotional support?