Hello and welcome to another episode of I Way with Jimmy Lijamel. I hope you are well, I am fine,

I am still in lockdown. I don't care what is opening back up, I refuse to leave my house and I

have somehow been lucky enough to find a way to do pretty much all of my work from within my

four walls. I did have a friend over however this week and I experienced my first bout of social

anxiety in four months. I was very surprised because someone I know very well who I met at secondary

school so I was eleven and couldn't be more comfortable with but she was coming over right and

seen her in ages, months, months, months and months and she was bringing a stranger over with her,

not a stranger to her, she just finds someone random in the street but someone I didn't know.

And I had like a little panic before they turned up which I wasn't prepared for. Suddenly just

wondering do I know how to engage with people for sustained periods of time because I haven't done

all the Zoom quizzes and Zoom parties and Zoom weddings. I'd rather skin myself truly and then dip

myself in vinegar. I don't feel comfortable in social situations anyway, never mind ones that

involve tech and looking at anything that could be near myself in a screen or other people, frankly.

I'm just not, I'm not a techy guy so I was just very unprepared socially. It went fine and great

and I had lovely time and so I just want to reassure anyone else out there who feels like there might

be something wrong with them because they suddenly find themselves panicky or unconfident socially

now that they're starting to re-enter quote unquote normality. Don't worry, it's happening to me too

and it's happening to loads of other people. We are human beings adapt very quickly to our environment

so just like we adapted to lockdown we will adapt to re-entering society in whatever capacity

is safe and good and easy for our brains. As speaking of brains today's episode is one that I

love so much. It is with Irish stand up comedian and podcast host Catherine Bohar. She has this brilliant

show called You'll Do which she hosts with her girlfriend where different couples come onto their

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