I've lived all my life in fear of people. What I do is pretty much keep to myself and when I am faced with people trying to talk to me or interact with me in some way I just smile and say hi. It seems extremely hard most of the time...not an easy task.

I'd try to visualize yourself first interacting with people...then if the anxiety gets too bad, you can return to the present time and try to calm yourself down....then try starting all over again. In time when you are ready to face some people for real you can start out small and work your way up using the same technique you did for the visualization.

Good luck!