Just keep doing what you're doing. Like with everything, expose yourself to your fear and it'll get better.

> I still play the fun game in my head of “haha did we all have a good time today or did I actually say something terrible and now everyone hates me or thinks I’m a fool?”

Appearing as a fool, saying controversial things, getting rejected over and over again - that is how you get over social anxiety.

- Someone who had a great deal of social anxiety and now has no problem at all meeting random strangers at random events.