Has any completely got over social anxiety?

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I have had social anxiety as long as I can remember and find it just gets worse with age.
I've had CBT and tried medication but it's never gone away, it affects every aspect of my life.
Does it ever go? has anyone ever got rid of it and been completely comfortable in social situations?

I got over it by getting involved with things where people needed to talk to me. A job where people had to ask me for advice. Voluntary work where I’d wriggle my way into an organising role. I realised with a shock the other day that I have absolutely no worries about organising a group of volunteers, or making a beeline for a new volunteer and chatting to them and putting them at ease.

Some people who have social anxiety seem to be able to hide it so well and come across confident even if they're not, I think it's written all over me that I'm not comfortable even to the point that my body shakes with adrenaline and I simply can't help it which makes me even more self conscious.

It came and went. Lots of ups and downs - but I finally got over my fear of being anxious or having a panic attack, which in turn caused more anxiety/panic. I learned to manage it instead of catastrophizing and building it up. I also take sertraline and use propranolol situationally. Totally changed my life xx