by Deniss Pleiner, M.A.
Social anxiety tends to activate a lot of cognitive distortions. We start thinking the worst will happen, that people don't *actually* like us. They are just trying to be nice. But we should also remember that these are fears (valid fears sometimes) but not facts.

This internal dialogue is one of the loudest and most difficult parts of experiencing social anxiety. While it is not a clinical diagnosis many people struggle with anxiety in social settings and the most helpful things we can do to try to manage it is to try to understand it.
We've talked about anxiety and cognitive distortions in previous videos for Therapy, Explained on YouTube but this week is focused on social anxiety and how to manage it best- including being mindful of your mindset and taking things in bite-size.
If you haven't had the chance to watch this week's episode yet, check out the video below and head over to my Instagram page to get your cheat sheet!
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