Invalidation of High Functioning Anxiety

Relatable.

Unfortunately until you engage in trauma therapy coping is the only thing that you can do. The reality is the trauma doesn't go away, but you can train yourself through a variety of tools to make your reactions not substantial. You'll still feel the feeling and that sucks, but you can find healthy ways to redirect that energy. You'll always have the underlying trauma that gives you the social anxiety, and rn the best way to deal with it is 1) learn healthy coping techniques and the 2) work your way up the social anxiety triggers from least bad reaction to worst and just keep exposing yourself as a kind of training to use those healthy coping techniques so you can be a functional human once again. You'll always feel those feelings. It's what you do with those feelings and how you handle those reactions.