How can I improve my social skills with social anxiety?

I have really bad social anxiety and have a hard time interacting with people and expressing myself. what can i do to improve on that?

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Anxiousbutterfly27

2y ago

One of the big thing I hated but worked for me was what my therapist called exposure therapy. Basically everytime you get overwhelmed or want to leave stay there for 5 more minutes. And then leave, the next time stay 10, the next 20. It helped me a lot

lindasaurus_

2y ago

Wow, I never heard of that thank you I will try it out and see how it goes :)

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