How do I stop the anxiety twitching

[mindflux]

So my problem is that in some situations my upper lip (or some muscle in that area) starts twitching.

So a few examples:
-Back in the day when I was still practicing martial arts a few
new people came to the club and we had practice fights.
There was this new very strong and experienced guy and he
basically beat me silly. My lip started twitching during the fight.
(Don`t worry, I survived)
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-I visited a relative that I didn`t see for a long time and I was
nervous because he had a stroke and couldn`t talk and I didn`t
know exactly how to react/communicate with him. My lip started
twitching.
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-Just today I played ping pong in school and there were a lot
girls there. I don`t have any girl schoolmates so that was a girl
overload for me and my lip starting twitching.
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So this happens in new situations, I`m nervous, I get anxiety, can`t relax. I rationally know that there is nothing to worry about but dammit, the twitching starts and makes it worse.

What do I do? What are your experiences with twitching? How do I make it better or make it go away?

 

[mindflux]

For a twitch like yours does pressing down on your lip with your hand stop it at all?

I don`t know, haven`t tried it yet.