I think I might be going a bit crazy here. When I am around people I am not really well acquainted to, I get really self conscious. I constantly moist my lips, if I don't it's like they get stuck to my teeth or gums a little. I know it doesn't make sense but I go haywire when around new people, and its even worse when the person I am talking to is good looking! *I know how shallow that must sound*

Besides that, I clench my teeth because I have a slight overbite and clenching my teeth in my opinion protrudes my lower jaw a little bit which makes everything look normal. But doing so restricts my facial expressions and it gets hard to converse, after a while the muscles in my face begin to hurt..

Do I sound like a total nut here? I have a pretty low opinion of myself I guess but I don't show it, I act as confident as I can around my peers and have a huge circle of friends. But that doesn't help when I am around someone I don't really know...

Is this anxiety? Can anyone else relate? I want to get rid of this problem.. but I am afraid I might have let it be a part of me for too long to let go of it now.