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What steps do you take for social anxiety?
Anxiety Support / by impartialWatermelon5531
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 February 10th, 2019
...See more I have become SO antisocial that even the thought of social interaction at the moment causes anxiety. The only time I really socialise is at work. Dinners with my boyfriends family often cause an anxiety attack and i prefer not to go. I recently made a new friend, which was a very big deal. We met at the dog park and hit it off immediately. But now I've gotten cold feet and find myself getting really miserable. If my new friend doesn't reply, or misses a message, I start feeling like I'm disposable, that I'm needy and no one really cares about me. Having this reaction to someone i don't really know that well makes me feel even worse...I have a psychiatrist who has suggested I have issues with abandonment and self worth due to my father leaving and starting a new family. Regardless, I now find any social situation daunting and I just feel so alone when my boyfriend isn't around. What steps do you all take to help with social anxiety? I really want to make new friends and not rely on ky boyfriend so much for emotional support...but my anxiety gets so bad.
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