Social anxiety post coronavirus

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Argh I've always had social anxiety but it's been very well managed. Now, I'm finding myself getting really anxious at the thought of seeing people again and being seen. Having to physically go to the office. Even my DH having one of his friends in the garden, or his family ffs - my chest feels tight and I panic and make excuses to hide away. Everyone seems so excited about normality resuming and I feel like I've just developed this greater hatred of humanity than ever and I can't do it :(

I could have written your post! It's made it so hard living this way for so Iong hasn't it, I think I have lost a lot of confidence. I've been working from home but now having to job hunt and it all gets a bit overwhelming.
What techniques did you use to manage your social anxiety before? Could you try to put those in place again? Maybe try to take it in stages like spend some time with people in the garden and build it up gradually, tell yourself you've done it before and you can do it again, it will get easier.

One step at a time, we can do this.