How do you get over embarrassment?!

How do you get over embarrassment?

How do you get over the fear of being embarrassed? Just embarrassment in general...like...if you have to dance like an idiot in front of a lot of people or something like that...thanks.

I used to be that way, I'd get super embarrassed by things like that (even if it was a school assignment to do something ridiculous) and the way I got over it was to realize: what's the worst that's gonna happen? Will they laugh at you? If you have to "dance like an idiot in front of a lot of people" then they're probably supposed to laugh!

If you have to do something that's not supposed to be funny - who cares what the other people think? Are they going to beat you up because of it? No. Will they think less of you? Your true friends won't, so who cares? It might feel like embarrassment will kill you and it's the end of the world - but it won't.

Here's a super embarrassing example just to help you out: I was going out to dinner with some people from my new work, they all seemed really cool and I was looking forward to getting to know them and making a good impression. We were heading out later than I was used to for dinner so I was super hungry and when I'm super hungry I tend to... f a r t. So, yeah, we hit a bump and BAM! Out it came. OMG my heart stopped. Everyone stopped talking, but instead of being embarrassed and pretending it didn't happen, I held my arms up and said "WHOA!" Everyone laughed and someone cracked a window. Yes, I got a ton of crap from them afterwards but it broke the ice and I didn't die of shame.