On 5 tips for easing social anxiety

The Therapy Edit

Anna Mathur

Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

I'm not the only one who has walked into a social situation post-pandemic and experienced a fresh wave of anxiety. How comfortable and confident we feel around others is something that can grow in time as we flex our social muscles again! I share 5 tips to help you along the way.

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0:30.0	Hello and welcome to the Therapy Edit Podcast with me psych therapist Anna Martha.
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0:45.3	Hey everyone, on today's episode of the therapy edit,
0:50.0	I'm responding to a message that I got about a topic to explore and it's a please talk about social anxiety.
0:58.4	Mine has gotten so much worse since the pandemic. Now I completely relate. I think I have
1:05.3	definitely experienced social anxiety to varying degrees over the years but I think at
1:09.2	the worst time I remember being in a hall and it was one of those my idea of a nightmare at the time was you know when you stand and everyone mills around and kind of talks to each other and that was my idea of a nightmare. I remember my heart racing. I think from the outside you would not have known, but I literally, I was so kind of hyper-focused on everything about my body and what I was saying. I didn't even know. I
1:35.4	remember thinking I literally do not even know. What do I do with my hands and looking around
1:40.4	wondering what people doing with their hands hands what do people do with their hands
1:45.2	am I doing something do I look at awkward do I sound awkward and my jokes terrible am I
1:50.7	talking too much am I not talking enough, this just, it just felt so unnatural and so
1:56.4	uneasy and we're, as humans, we are built for community, we're hardwired for connection and community. It's so important, isn't it? There is nothing like
2:06.4	feeling known and feeling connected to someone. And we all have those
2:12.0	relationships where we just feel really safe. And I think social
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