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STING-K1NG 138

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i barely speak to anyone ever. i want to have more friends, how do i overcome social anxiety?
 
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I think you need exposure and also maybe a shift in perspective around social interactions. For some reason your brain thinks that there's some kind of inherent threat to being social. You need to keep talking to people to teach your brain that there is no threat. However, this is difficult if your idea of threat is too broad. If your brain thinks "threat = getting beat up" then that fear will disappear eventually because nobody's ever going to beat you up for being cringe. But if your brain thinks "threat = social rejection" then you will just reinforce your fear if you're bad at being social. In that case let me try and change your perspective.

Social rejection isn’t a physical danger, even though your nervous system treats it like one. Being ignored, misunderstood, or disliked doesn’t actually harm you, it just bruises your ego. And egos heal fast when you stop protecting them like they're fragile. Every time you survive an awkward moment, you collect evidence that rejection is uncomfortable, not catastrophic. Even socially competent people have awkward conversations, it doesn't define them and neither does it define you. Good luck bro.
 
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