What If I Don't Human Right? -- Social Anxiety

Bonus first week! We're talking about social anxiety. 
What does it mean if I don't know how to human around other humans?

For this episode, we focus on specifically social anxiety, leaving out the subsection of stage fright/performance anxiety. We discuss what exactly it means to have social anxiety and delve into personal struggles with it. Next, we unravel the symptoms and causes of social anxiety, both physical and mental. Finally, we discuss ways to overcome social anxiety--slowly, but surely. 

Here are some helpful links that we used in our research:

• https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/social-anxiety-disorder-more-than-just-shyness/index.shtml
• https://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-health-social-anxiety-disorder
• https://www.verywellmind.com/social-anxiety-disorder-tips-3024209

Helpful Definitions:

• Social Anxiety - a chronic mental health condition in which social interactions cause irrational anxiety.
• Performance Anxiety - extreme nervousness experienced before or during participation in an activity taking place in front of an audience.
• High-Functioning Social Anxiety - sufferers are able to accomplish tasks and appear to function well in social situations, but internally they are feeling all the same symptoms of anxiety disorder.

Outside Quotes:

• "Once you start to make changes, no matter how small, suddenly everything seems possible.” - Oprah Winfrey
• “It can feel, at times, if you let your anxiety get the better of you like everybody’s waiting for you to really mess up — and then you’ll be done.” - Taylor Swift

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