Feeling anxious about Christmas?
With levels of social anxiety at a record high we asked psychologist Linda Blair for the best ways to get our confidence back, in time for Christmas or the New Year.
After all, this time last year we were promised Christmas was going ahead, and then the plug was pulled last minute.Cue frazzled and burnt-out parents beginning a second stint of homeschooling while they juggled jobs, children, pregnancies, illness – until restrictions were eventually lifted in the summer.
'It's totally understandable people are feeling anxious about socialising, and they need to realise they're not alone.' 'They're thinking"Shall I make these plans, do I dare?" Whenever they get an invite there is a part of them that thinks"I'd love to, but will it happen?" And that makes them unsure whether to say yes.
'It flipped up 18 months ago and it hasn’t had chance to settle back down to its normal rhythm, and that’s unprecedented. It will take a long time to react normally to a threat. But Linda said there ARE plenty of ways people can help themselves overcome their social anxieties, and it all starts with being little kinder to ourselves.Linda said:'I've never seen this level of anxiety in people. I understand it, I’m lucky enough to have the tools to understand it, but I was surprised at first at the levels of anxiety.
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