❤️️If You Get Anxious Around Other People... Social Anxiety | Dr. Julie 👩‍⚕️ -#shorts

if you get anxious around other people

I'm a psychologist and here are three

things you need to know number one when

you feel socially anxious you tend to

have an inward Focus that means you're

totally focused on how you're being

perceived by other people so it helps to

make a conscious effort to shift your

focus to one of outward curiosity so

questions like what do I want to know

about other people in the room number

two you're also prone to the spotlight

effect which means you overestimate how

much others are judging you in fact the

research shows we get this wrong most of

the time in reality people are less

concerned with us than we think simply

reminding yourself of that enables you

to recognize the bias and take the power

out of it and number three after a

social interaction you probably spend

time worrying about what that person

thought about you that's going to make

your anxiety worse so instead try

rewarding yourself for every social

interaction whether it went well or not

because every time you interact with

people you are tackling your anxiety

head-on