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Just keep doing what you're doing. Like with everything, expose yourself to your fear and it'll get better. > I still play the fun game in my head of “haha did
by whitepaint 3y ago
Just keep doing what you're doing. Like with everything, expose yourself to your fear and it'll get better.
> I still play the fun game in my head of “haha did we all have a good time today or did I actually say something terrible and now everyone hates me or thinks I’m a fool?”
Appearing as a fool, saying controversial things, getting rejected over and over again - that is how you get over social anxiety.
- Someone who had a great deal of social anxiety and now has no problem at all meeting random strangers at random events.
- prox 3y agoExposing yourself to fear doesn’t work for everyone (though good to hear it worked for you!) For some it activates the parasympathetic nervous system too much and you won’t have much luck easing the anxiety. Other means are available, often therapy or learning ways to cope with Parasympathetic activation. Usually focussed on calming the nervous system through various methods.
- refurb 3y agoYou need tools to help deal with the anxiety, but exposure therapy and CBT is pretty much the only thing that can help resolve anxiety long-term. Avoiding anxiety producing situations usually just makes it worse.
- MSFT_Edging 3y ago> Appearing as a fool, saying controversial things, getting rejected over and over again - that is how you get over social anxiety. This works well, only thing is sometimes you start having fun with it and then you're always saying the wrong things but not caring.
- whitepaint 3y agoThis is a good point. You might become a confident asshole who wants to compensate for all the suffering that you experienced because of social anxiety.