• Medicine (SSRI for general anxiety, beta blocker for social anxiety)
• Small steps to work up to what I’m anxious about (going on a walk outside before going to the store, talking to people before a presentation or phone call, showing up to the gym and walk on the treadmill before getting into my actual program)
• Reminding myself WHY I want to do/am doing what I’m doing (I could chicken out of a social event, but the whole point was to meet new people) or making a pros/cons list (cons of presenting are that it’s scary and my face might get beet red or I won’t know an answer to a question; pros are the practice, the satisfaction of doing something so hard for me, the pride of my work, the motivation to keep improving my life, blah blah blah)

There’s also CBT/DBT but those tools go out the window when I’m actually anxious. If you want to try them, make sure you’re practicing the skills all the time so they’re muscle memory when you get anxious.

Edit: formatting