my take on being confident in a social setting

idk if this is just me but as an introvert, whenever i go to a social settings and start feeling jittery because i’m all in my head thinking “oh i bet i look so awkward - do they like me…?” i have a hack.

to counteract this anxiety, i literally just lie to my brain. i delude myself into thinking everyone was talking behind my back about how pretty, attractive, and awesome i am before i had arrived into the function, like i’m some sort of celebrity. by the time i walk in, instead of stressing, i’m fully convinced: “oh yeah, they definitely like me—they were literally talking about how great of a person i am before I even got here.” sounds corny but it works 😂