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Today we're bringing you a caller update from Jesse, who originally called in on

episode 135 with Bow Burnham to discuss the social anxiety that he was

struggling to deal with. We've put together a brief recap of that initial

call to help refresh your memory followed by an update from Jesse himself, where

he will tell us all about how he is coping with his social anxiety today.

Hello. Hey Jesse, it's Sim. How are you?

Hi Sim, I'm doing good. How are you?

Doing well, Anna. Say hi to Jesse. Hi Jesse. We are here with Bow Burnham.

Hi Jesse. Hi Bow. So basically I'm entering my sophomore year of college right

now. And when I was here in like middle school and high school, I didn't

really often have many friend groups. I just have this problem whenever I

become part of a friend group when I start getting close to everyone and I

really feel like part of a friend group. That's when I start getting anxiety

about like it's so weird how friend group dynamics are it's like sometimes

there are certain people that are wanted to be there and certain people that

aren't and like it's like I kind of feel like I have to be with them all the

time. And when I'm not with them, I kind of worry that like maybe they're going

out without me and like I'm kind of worried that like maybe some people there

don't want me even though others do and then it's like where is my place in this

group? Like should I be out with my friends or not? And so I guess my question to

you guys is how do you learn to deal with those feelings? Oh, you are like

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