You'll have to learn to cope with it, it is very hard i tell you, but not impossible.
It took me 6 month to let myself be brave to go out, hangout with friends at mamaks. (by this time i have medical help i.e Alprazolam)
But in times, i learn to take less pills, and face the attacks, face to face without the pills, sometime i succeed, sometimes i dont.
Now it has been a year. And i have learnt how breath, when its hard to breath, i learnt how to calm, when its hard to calm.
But still i always have Alprazolam pills with me, in case of super duper anxiety/panic attacks. by super duper i mean, combo ah, hard to breath, tremor, disoriented, blur vision, and pain all over the body.
It takes time to adjust. But im sure you will succeed too.
FYI, i have daily attacks, my doctor says, not many ppl had daily attacks.
Wow.. I really admire your efforts! Must be really hard. Stay strong!
I also tried hanging out with people nowadays, but I dunno I think Im very picky and can't stand some people. It's like I will have a social overload or something. For example after going out with a group of friend I'll be like "whoaaa okay I need some timeout." And I will spend some time eating and going for a jog alone for a few days (even weeks). Is that normal?
But when it comes to a presentation or education related task, I try to breath calmly and try to talk really slowly to reduce my anxiety and I think I speak better in front of a class rather than speaking to a stranger. When it gets more personal, I get more anxious.