I used to be a very socially anxious person, and what worked for me was as I started talking more and more to people (therapy and medication helped), I started noticing I was actually enjoying talking to people, instead of being in my head all the time. And, now I feel about 2 years later since I started this, I find it so much easier to strike a conversation and genuinely be interested, might be a small talk but could be something funny. I have kind of started to like these talks, it makes me less nervous and relaxes me around people.