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Nervous Smiling
Anxiety Support / by intuitiveBranch4736
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 November 16th, 2019
...See more Hello everyone, I joined 7 cups out of desperation. You see for the last couple of months I have developed some sort of social / behavioral tick if you will. This tick of mine is smiling when nervous or confronted with a serious conversation with my Fiancé. This issue started happening some time last year, but only happened every now and then. I was also able to control the urge to smile, and was able to push it down. The issue now is I have the urge to smile during almost all of our conversations, and as you can image this has caused her to withdraw from our relationship. I've told her to please understand that what I'm going through is just a habit that is rooted in anxiety and stress, but she still gets upset as soon as she sees a smirk. With that said, I'm working on my empathy, managing my anxiety with meditation and also working on my relationship skills to really kick this habit. Has anyone in this group experienced this kind of behavior in the past or currently going through it? Any help / advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you.
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