How to Handle Small Talk With Coworkers
The daily small talk of the workplace, the hellos by the coffee machine, the how-was-your-weekend in the hallway, the chatter before a meeting starts, can...
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How to Give a Presentation or Speak in Public
Public speaking tops many lists of common fears, and for someone with social anxiety it can feel like the ultimate ordeal: standing alone while a room full...
How to Reconnect With People You Have Drifted Away From
Most of us carry a quiet list of people we have lost touch with: old friends, former colleagues, people we genuinely liked and simply drifted from. Often w...
How to Go to Events Alone
Going to an event by yourself, a class, a meetup, a gathering, a talk, can feel like one of the most exposing things a socially anxious person can do. With...
How to Text and Message Without Overthinking Every Word
For many people with social anxiety, the dread has moved onto the screen. A simple text can take twenty minutes to compose, get read and reread and edited...
How to Handle Networking Events Without Dread
Few situations concentrate social-anxiety triggers like a networking event: a room full of strangers, an explicit expectation to introduce yourself and mak...
How to Eat in Front of Other People Without Panicking
The fear of eating or drinking in front of others is a specific and surprisingly common form of social anxiety, and a particularly isolating one, because i...
How to Talk to Cashiers, Servers, and Strangers in Shops
For some people with social anxiety, even the smallest interactions with strangers, ordering a coffee, asking a shop assistant for help, chatting briefly w...
How to Meet New People Through Friends You Already Have
When you are trying to expand your social world, one of the most overlooked and lowest-stakes routes is the one that runs through the friends you already h...
How to Handle Being the Center of Attention
For many socially anxious people, a particular kind of dread attaches to being the center of attention: the birthday toast, the round-the-table introductio...
How to Get Through a Party When You Have Social Anxiety
For many people with social anxiety, parties are the ultimate test: a loud room full of people, unstructured conversation, and the sense that everyone else...
How to Make Phone Calls You Have Been Avoiding
For a surprising number of people with social anxiety, the telephone is a special source of dread. The appointment that goes unbooked, the query that goes...