I have experience this perhaps more than the average person because of the anxieties I had.
Having social anxiety makes practically anything human, harder. Wanna play an online game? Well, you have to team up with someone! Wanna go buy some snacks? There's people there and you will have to talk to them to BUY.
And then it comes the dreams. I want to be a healer, a psychologyst or whatever works for people. Guess what, to heal people you gotta deal with people. This is how I learned, behind every fear there's an universe a posibilities. You might wonder what favor does to me, facing my fear to roaches? I noticed it makes me kinder. When you fear something, you also hate it. And the satisfaction to crush them, and leave their bodies to "let the other roaches know"... doesn't seem a healthy practice. Now I have taken on my fears so much, I can now try and place them between my hands carefully and release them out of my house. That feels way better.
What you resist, you empower with the same amount of energy. The amount of time and effort wasted on fears is incredible! I get that people have fears, anxiety, depression etc - but is it an excuse not to try and beat it? Look at the humor in life - there is no situation so grave, it can't be laughed at.