anxiety around people often stems from past experiences of rejection, judgment, or emotional pain in social situations. how trauma creates patterns where your mind attempts responds you from re-experiencing hurt. When you're around others, your nervous system might go on high alert, scanning for potential threats or signs of rejection.
that humans have a deep evolutionary need for acceptance and belonging. that in medieval times, exile was worse than death, and today social rejection still causes profound pain. Your anxiety around people is your body's way of trying to prevent that pain, but it ends up isolating you . This is part of , where conditioned mechanisms create more suffering.