r/Adulting • u/murano0 • 13h ago

so guys ?

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u/MindfulMewtwo989 12h ago

Stop avoiding things you want to do because of anxiety. Panic attacks and anxiety about social outings is not normal; It is not who you are and is a completely treatable condition

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u/Sleepy_Samurai101 11h ago

How do you approach this issue? What treatable methods besides medication works? It seems it’s gotten worse with more people over time.

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u/Suitable-Gazelle-646 11h ago

Train it like a muscle. I got a job where I was forced to interact with people and it totally ripped me out of my shell

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u/Hevens-assassin 9h ago

For some things this works. For others, it does not. Anxiety is often treated like exposure therapy will help it. As someone who has exposed himself to most things that induce anxiety, and despite being able to center myself in those moments, I still have debilitating anxiety attacks at random moments. It's gotten to the point that even music concerts, something I've been to dozens of, and have all enjoyed (ok, maybe I didn't like 1 or 2, but I enjoyed the crowd) give me panic attacks that I cannot explain.

Exposure therapy can help with a lot of things, but sometimes it's the anxiety of anxiety that starts to take root, and for that you need more than just showing up.

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u/Medium-Play2572 8h ago

Kind of happened to me, you grow out of it working in a building of 400 people. Same way I grew into it working in a building of 20 people