
Overcoming Social Anxiety
The Blindboy Podcast
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Ground Yourself Before You Go Into a Soup Market
When i was trying to get out of social anxiety and become a functioning person, i would do that grounding stuff several times a day. I'd do it before i went into the supermarket. And once i get in there, if i pick up a carrot, i'm really folking engaged with this carrot. If i was anxious, i wouldn't even know it's a carrot. It might as well be a dock. There is a very simple grounding exercise that anybody can do. Just have a go at that five minutes. You're no longer thinking about muniting. You're simply communicating and havinging empathy and compassion for another person. Wi empithy.
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