Quote Originally Posted by lunagoddess View Post
I am also socially awkward and uncomfortable. I've never had an opportunity to push my social comfort zone in any of my lucid dreams so far (because I don't have them very often) but I notice that 'lucidity' helps me while I'm awake. If I'm socially uncomfortable in a waking life situation, I focus on being completely present and I basically pretend that I'm lucid dreaming. It reminds me that life is very similar to a dream and it helps me realize that I'm safe and my fears are unfounded. It also helps me stay in the moment and not getting swept away by my anxiety. It hasn't fixed the problem, but it does help me manage it.
I've been trying to deal with my anxiety, and I think your method is pretty great. Just being present. I also remind myself a lot that the people I interact with are human, too, and they get nervous. And lately I've been having a lot of things on my mind that I wanna talk about, so I try to remember the funny things that happened in my life, so I can tell people stories when I'm getting to know them.