Anyone NOT get anxiety around new people or social settings?

What is your secret? I feel less than others , especially in dating. I feel having PTSD makes me small , as I'm anxious with new people.
Any tips if you are someone confident with most settings?

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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

I have a "party personality" I trot out in public spaces. It consists of making safe jokes, a fair number of them just self-deprecating enough to make me charming, rather than needy.

It's definitely a mask, and People in those settings don't get to know the real me, but that isn't the point. Even a mask reveals part of the personality. If somebody likes the funny guy well enough to get to know him, then it worked.