How not to socially awkward during any kind of family gathering or function?

I'm have social anxiety 😞... that's my can't able to express myself clearly to new peeps.. & yeah.. It's also hard for me to open up... It's take long time to open up... But peeps usually don't wait that long... At the end left all alone
How not to socially awkward during any kind of family gathering or function?
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