The New Normal: A Clarified Social Anxiety Calling for Self-Love

I’m having this consistent experience with my in-person hangouts that is pretty uncomfortable.

The story I’m telling myself goes like this: at the very beginning of hanging out, I’m so excited to be liberated from my work-from-home isolation that my body is flooded with serotonin and oxytocin. I’m confident, chatty, and excitable and people seem to enjoy my jokes.

Then, some time towards the end of hanging out, some moment of awkwardness causes me to plummet into anxiety.

How “Xanax Breath” Cured My Alcoholism

If the plan you’re using to control your addictions was going to work, it already would have. Xanax breath might be a better choice.
Maybe you aren’t addicted to molly or smack or coke. Nothing hard, for you; you’re afraid of needles. Maybe you’re not even an alcoholic, like I recently admitted I must be. But unless you’re very unusual, you probably have some kind of hole that you’re used to unsuccessfully attempting to fill…