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Magnesium and adaptogenic teas helped calm my nerves.

I was so on edge, I know where you’re coming from especially with my daughter being so young at the time

I have social anxiety as well. What has helped me is seeing how well my son does with other kids. I have managed to make a mom friend and possibly another mom friendship is in the works. Even if it's just park dates for the littles, it helps with relearning how to converse with people again. It's just a different topic of discussion now, like poop color or potty training techniques, lol.

What helped me was doing activities where you don’t necessarily have to be engaged with the other parents. I struggled with this for a while (still do) and decided to take her to parks and indoor play areas (libraries are often a great option). I either sit and watch/read while she plays, or play with her. Sometimes there will be another mom I connect with. This way she has fun and gets socialized while I can keep to myself. I’ve only taken her to one mom meet-up playdate and ended up exploring with her instead of talking with the other moms. I probably seem weird but social anxiety is no joke!

i have general anxiety mainly social but lots of no eye contact and caffeine lol i also make someone come with me but i let my son just do his thang and if he finds a friend i try to do small talk,, if i bump into the same parents that we set up a play date or something

Some things can feel like social anxiety but aren't. For example, if you're the only solo parent with two kids in the group, yeah, nobody gets it, and it's hard to be that mom. I've done enough events where I'm 2:1 with my kids and everyone else is 1:1, that I'm over it forever. I'm not exclusively making friends with moms of more than one kid, but won't lie, it helps....

@Bonny I’ve had social anxiety for years it has nothing to do with being or feeling different. I literally cannot hold a conversation with someone I don’t know for more than 30 seconds without my heart racing and worried about if I’ll say the right or wrong thing. It actually sucks

So... therapy? You won't say the wrong thing. We're all just people, including you. If you say the wrong thing, that person is not right for you and move on. There are 8 billion more.... You have more in common with "random" people than you think!

@Bonny I recently reached out to receive therapy. 🫶🏽

My son is a social butterfly, he makes up for my lack 😅 I'm not too concerned with connecting to other adults when we go out, I'm more concerned about his need to engage with the world.