How do I overcome the fear of cashiers?

Remember that they're just people like you, and that it's literally their job to be nice to you. Also, you only have to interact with them for a short period of time and then you'll probably never see them again. As a cashier myself I can guarantee that they'll forget you by the time you get 10 steps away. If you think about it it's actually one of the lowest-risk interactions you can have.

Try to remember that cashiers are regular people, like you and me. My social anxiety used to paralyze me when I was shopping but now I try to recall that these people are human and that a smile or a nice greeting from customers can make their day, the same way a lovely interaction could brighten mine.

You got to be brave, take a deep breath, and relax. It'll be ok just be confident and go for it!

The best way to overcome your fear is to go up to a cashier as much as possible. The more you do it the better and more confident and comfortable you will soon get to feel about it. If you are getting really panicked take deep breath in and out just before you go up to the cashier and say to yourself "you will be alright, no need to be scared of a cashier" saying it in you rather than I makes your brain register it better in my experience.

You can start by taking small steps. First, you may not have to say anything to them though you can just get your items checked out and leave. Do this step until you feel comfortable with this step. Then, you can just make small eye contact or just say hi without looking up while focusing on your items needed to be checked out. You have to continue with this step until you feel comfortable and normal while doing this step. You can continue to make little changes to this process, like the next step could be eye contact and saying hi together, and then the next step could be doing those things along with asking them how they're doing or how their day is going. It's okay if you are feel uneasy when doing the next step, and if you're not able to complete it, then just simply go back to the previous step and practise that until you feel ready to take on the next step and it won't be that scary for you like before.

Cashiers and checkouts can be so intimidating. I like to try and remember that I am definitely not the strangest, most unsociable or awkward person that they've seen that day. I've learned that cashiers often truly don't care what people buy or how they present themselves, in fact, they just want to get their jobs done. I used to feel like all customer service people were just constantly judging me, but I realized I was actually judging myself and making myself insecure over things no one else even noticed! Cashiers are people just like you. They're usually nice enough and will just go on with their day without a second thought.

Try to think about and focus on something that makes you calm or happy and remember theyre human too, just like you!

Honestly, I find it really difficult to speak with strangers--especially in a store setting--so I've learned to just smile and try to breathe through it, chance are if you're smiling, the cashier will smile too!

This is gonna be a hard truth - but you just have to try it out one day. The problems with fears is that unless we challenge it, the fear just gets bigger and bigger in your head. I believe in you ❤

Realize that they are people too. Cashiers are people trying to do their work as quickly and competently as possible. They are not out to hurt you in any way, and will likely forget who you are unless you gave them a hard time.