- GluWu ( @GluWu@lemm.ee ) English31•2 months ago
Alcohol
- I'm back on my BS 🤪 ( @BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ) English24•2 months ago
Actually, using alcohol could make the problem worse through classical conditioning. By drinking alcohol every time you get socially anxious, it teaches your body that alcohol is coming. That would make your body get even more anxious to make up for the anxiolytic effect of alcohol. Eventually, not only will you be dealing with social anxiety, but also alcohol cravings. You’d be socially anxious and alcohol dependent.
- GluWu ( @GluWu@lemm.ee ) English14•2 months ago
I understand all of that, my comment was a joke. But I appreciate you pointing this out for others.
- I'm back on my BS 🤪 ( @BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ) English5•2 months ago
cheers 🍻
- Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 4•2 months ago
entirely expected instance name, god bless
- I'm back on my BS 🤪 ( @BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ) English2•2 months ago
omg, is this one of those things where everyone knew they meant something, but I thought it was something else, so I go off on some unprompted lesson of facts and people roll their eyes at me? lol
- rozwud ( @rozwud@beehaw.org ) 3•2 months ago
Tbf, I strongly relate to your top comment and am mostly not autistic, so I think it was worth putting out there.
- Swedneck ( @Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ) 2•2 months ago
nah i think it was warranted, but it’s just very funny to see a big infodump given at the slightest opportunity, and then reading that instance name
- I'm back on my BS 🤪 ( @BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place ) English1•2 months ago
lol, how funny! Im happy you enjoyed it ♥️
- grrgyle ( @grrgyle@slrpnk.net ) 5•2 months ago
Used to think this, and absolutely would have ignored me if someone had said this to me at 25, but quitting booze altogether has really evened out exactly those more extreme feelings.
- Ben Hur Horse Race ( @JudahBenHur@lemm.ee ) 22•2 months ago
cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety can have a huge impact. also, learning diaphragmatic breathing helps regulate your stress response and can de-activate the sympathetic nervous system (and re-engage the parasympathetic nervous system). there is also some promising research emerging regarding sensiomotor psychotherapy.
- jbk ( @jbk@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•2 months ago
goddamn i should do cbt??
- Ben Hur Horse Race ( @JudahBenHur@lemm.ee ) 2•2 months ago
All therapy is contingent on the quality of the relationship between client and therapist. Thought Records, which are a huge part of formal cbt, can be quite effective in reducing the emotional impact of negative automatic thoughts, which is a very large component of social anxiety.
- jbk ( @jbk@discuss.tchncs.de ) 1•2 months ago
ow my balls
- Uriel238 [all pronouns] ( @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English9•2 months ago
Social interaction is fight or flight. The other person is thinking about whether to eat you, fuck you, or otherwise exploit you.
Ours is a transactional society.
- grrgyle ( @grrgyle@slrpnk.net ) 16•2 months ago
Me and my buddy off to mutually exploit eachother over some coffee and doughnuts 😈😈
- Uriel238 [all pronouns] ( @uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English4•2 months ago
I can do that in small quantities. Though buddy indicates you’ve already negotiated a relationship in which one isn’t food for the other.
Hypothetically, we’re supposed to be civilizations of good neighbors, so that I, Californian can trust any New Jerseyite or Alabaman not to take advantage if I’m a sexy young person in the dark of night needing a lift home. But we suck at crews of more than fifty or so people.