Hidden habits that make your social anxiety worse - and how to break them
It got so bad she developed depression and had to have time off school.By the time she started university, she avoided group settings altogether."I didn't join clubs and societies like others did," says Mary (not her real name). "I just thought nobody would want to get to know me. I didn't really make a single friend during my whole degree."Mary's social anxiety was so bad that she was diagnosed as having social anxiety disorder - something that affects up to 12% of people, external at some point in their lives.But plenty more report struggling more generally.
- ▪It got so bad she developed depression and had to have time off school.By the time she started university, she avoided group settings altogether."I didn't join clubs and societies like others did," says Mary (not her real name).
- ▪"I just thought nobody would want to get to know me.
- ▪I didn't really make a single friend during my whole degree."Mary's social anxiety was so bad that she was diagnosed as having social anxiety disorder - something that affects up to 12% of people, external at some point in their lives.But p
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Hidden habits that make your social anxiety worse - and how to break themImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Overcoming social anxiety can be tricky but experts have shared some tips to try and make it easierByNick TriggleHealth correspondentPublished1 minute agoIt was during her teenage years that Mary began to become anxious in social situations. It got so bad she developed depression and had to have time off school.By the time she started university, she avoided group settings altogether."I didn't join clubs and societies like others did," says Mary (not her real name). "I just thought nobody would want to get to know me.
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