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Along with co-host Tracie Jade, Henson also chatted with beauty influencer Bretman Rock, who discussed his personal experience with social anxiety
I’d reach a boiling point of not being able to take on my partner’s newest batch of anxiety. I started to just shut down when I could sense him creating all of these fake things that he believed had gone wrong in the social dynamic. So I’d start to be cold and dismissive of him. But then I’d feel terrible because, hey, he took this time to be with my family. And he can’t help his anxiety.
You aren’t phased by your ultra-sensitive friend. You know to just shrug it off when she gets upset about something—she’ll get over it. Your partner with anxiety will not shrug it off. He’ll think he did something terribly wrong. He’ll always assume the blame. Don’t bring him around your overly sensitive friend.
My boyfriend admittedly seems distracted a lot. I need to look out for my opening to pass on information or give him details about something. It’s not that he doesn’t care—it’s that his anxiety is monopolizing his mind, and he’s consumed with some worry that he upset this person or offended that one.
My partner has severe social anxiety. When we first started dating, I had a hard time identifying what was happening. He’d become silent after certain social interactions, stating he needed a walk or even wanted to leave. Sometimes I’d think that I had done something wrong, or that somebody had said something terribly offensive to […]
While it's crippling for the person who has it, it's also a struggle for those who try to have relationships with someone with social anxiety.