social anxiety
I Can't Stand Work Happy Hours. Do I Have To Go?
"You may feel like you are going to die, but the feelings of anxiety themselves can't actually hurt you."
How Far Away Is Ketamine as a Treatment for Social Anxiety?
Yet another study has lauded the drug as a potential treatment for severe mental conditions, this time social anxiety disorder. But there's a while to go until we can easily access ketamine via pill or spray.
How to Seem Witty Even if You're Not
Relax, introverts: Crafting a comeback shouldn't induce anxiety.
My Family Secretly Spent a Year Without Power and It Was my Fault
At first I thought I could adjust, but in reality, my year was a nightmare.
I Asked a Psychopath How to Stop Caring About Rejection
As Dr. James Fallon describes, "When I get rejected, I feel bad for like negative-two seconds. I just don't give a shit."
Fuck Music, Let’s Talk About Feelings: FYF Fest
So Sad Today went to this year's festival to talk to musicians whose work is "sad," "dark," "nostalgic," or "melancholic" about what happiness is, what it means to them, and how to get it.
Shrooms Make Rejection More Chill, Study Says
Researchers found that the "magic" in magic mushrooms can help you feel better about getting snubbed.
A Woman Goes Drinking with Strangers in Today's Comic from Nina Vandeweghe
And faces the inevitable conversation about what she "does"—which is even worse when it's about hobbies, and you have none.
Michael Works on His Social Anxiety in This Week's Comic from Stephen Maurice Graham
"You are the hero of your own personal Dungeons and Dragons campaign. You are powerful!"
Leslie Is Shy in Today's Comic from Leslie Stein
It's always around the people we'd like to talk to most that we can't find anything to say.
A Clinical Trial Is Exploring How MDMA Could Help People With Autism
A pilot study is investigating how the drug could affect social anxiety in autistic adults.