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Originally Posted by jelly-bean
Maybe if you keep practicing the things your T taught you then the anxiety will be eased quicker when it comes. It would be nice to think that you will eventually get over the anxiety altogether but until you do it's nice to be prepared.
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Originally Posted by Snap66
Orvel welcome.
Therapy will give you grounding and a place to fall back to.
The more comfortable you get in therapy the more comfortable you will get with situations although there will always be challenges!!
Importantly there has to be challengers or you don't go forward.
Going forward is building the threshold making it slightly harder for the anxiety to reach you.
yes, you will fall, buts where determination comes from.
So to answer your question... Focus on therapy and the therapist as this is where you will find strength..... till eventually you find strength in yourself.
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Thanks.
So the more practice I get, the better... but I asked whether it is smart to just deal with things as they come. For example, when on a night out with friends. Saying hello to people I know is difficult for me. I can't have a talk with them because of other people who sit with them.
Now there is this new coworker. I like her and she seems to like me, but she only sees me in work. Work is one of the places where I am very comfortable. She's never seen me in any other situations. My fear is that she will see me anxious in a public place not saying much. Will I approach her? Will she approach me? Will we meet half-way? Is it ok to say hi by kissing her on the cheek? What if she finds it not ok and moves away? These are the things that worry me... there's a lot of place there for anxious moments.