Tips to manage social anxiety at work events | SELF IMPROVED

Nervous about the upcoming office party? Dr. Ali Mattu has tips for managing social anxiety when attending a work event.

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[ranc]

Writing down and think about what will help us to feel confident will not work due to Confirmation Bias and Anchoring bias. Without external intervention - we will stay stuck in our gravitational egocentrism - with or without social anxiety, all people have this. When we face external information - that contradicts our convictions, we will feel Cognitive dissonance.
So nope, we cannot think our way out of the hole. Someone needs to come by, take their time to observe what we are doing and tell us how to get out of the hole and help us along with it by throwing us rope or materials to build the escape.

Social anxiety is not about going to parties. That is shyness issue.
Social anxiety is about being stuck in toxic job that we choose to do due to aforementioned confirmation bias, lack of our inner GPS, due to Complex Trauma that needs healing - and being surrounded by toxic people mobbing screaming yelling from customers, boss and colleagues without means to quit this toxic job due to finances - that is social anxiety.

[AndreaD-wdoc]

Be careful for those looking for long term relief from social anxiety. This doesn’t sound like good advice at all. These are all avoidance strategies to help you cope in the moment but only serve to further perpetuate your feeling of inadequacy in that type situation. Will only exacerbate the social anxiety when you can’t find a friend to be reliant on. You make it a habit to leave early when you get anxious etc.