6 How to Stop Feeling Nervous When Meeting New People It's understandable that you might be nervous meeting new people. After all, you don't know them so you don't know what they will think about you or how they will react to you. That can be a worrying thing. However, there are plenty of things you can do to get over your nervousness and start to enjoy meeting new people. 1. Don't feel you have to impress You don't. Have you ever met someone or maybe seen them on TV where they are trying really hard to impress It's just not impressive This kind of approach appears fake and being fake will make people wary of you. Remember that the people you are meeting are human too no better or worse than you. They are also unlikely to be judging you as harshly as you fear!