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my-dicks-sore t1_jegm8mk wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:35 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in What steps did you take to overcome your social anxiety? by [deleted]

This will only make it worse. You will go deeper into safety behaviours and reassurance seeking and reinforce the anxiety. Exposure therapy is to be done in later stages when dealing with anxiety - not at the beginning.