How to overcome social anxiety?

A few things. One is to enlist the help of your boyfriend. These are his friends, too (I believe), and he should be presenting a somewhat united front with you. When the jerky behavior starts, he has to help you, and step in. "Oh, c'mon, iLevan is a great player!" That sort of thing.

I am not saying the burden is all his, but that's a part about being in a serious relationship, and you are if you're living together, pretty much by definition. So he needs to step up his boyfriend game.

You can also deflect at least some of that. It's a gaming situation, so it's competitive. "C'mon, you know my dwarf with his spells can beat your human archer anyday."

And be a better player. Smoke 'em on the playing field.

One important thing to keep in mind is. Often times we judge ourselves much harsher than those around us are and we assume they must think these same negative things that I do. It's just not the case.

So really when it comes down to it social anxiety is mostly caused by yourself worried about what others are thinking of you. You should try to get rid of these ideas that people are going to judge you or not like you. Even if there are things you don't like about yourself, try to let them go and accept them as who you are. When you can find a way to be comfortable with yourself then naturally you'll open up around people and you'll discover that they really weren't caring about your appearance or personality as much as you thought they were.

I know that might sound easier than it is to just do it. Just accept yourself. You don't have to like it but let it be. If you can't change it, it's not worth worrying about. Just let it go.

Think of it this way. Sure you have braces on and they look a little goofy right? Well at some point you'll have them removed and you will have great looking teeth, right? So why be bothered with having them on now?

Take off all your clothes and walk down the main street naked . If you are still shy after that, I got nothing....

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.So you need to overcome your heart ,keep a good attitude towards it !

Maybe this is just me, but I'd imagine they all wanna have sex with the hot 20 yo living in their midst. But knowing you're taken, rather than getting friendly with you which is probably torture to people that wanna play with you (ahem) then keep their distance and it comes off as aloof.

Thinking of the forbidden fruit around here, rather than putting myself into awkward situations I basicly ignore everybody.

Hey

In my opinion I don;t think that you're suffering from social anxiety. It's just you feel undermine by them because you are younger and they treat you as such which in return is diminishing your confidence. The best way is to speak up and let them know that despite your age you can actually understand them and you can actually cope up with what they are saying. Now, if you really do have confidence issues then try some workshops. Look for seminars and workshops that can train you to boost up your confidence. Practice also helps so practice with your friends who are in the same age as you and once you got your confidence show it to them if they are wise as their age then they will respect your opinion.