Zoom Doom: Social Phobia and Video Meetings

I think social phobia is what it’s called now. At least that’s what the psychiatrist called it. It used to be called social anxiety disorder when I first got diagnosed. No matter what you call it, it makes video calls and meetings miserable. I get nervous about them as soon as I wake up. It doesn’t matter if the meeting isn’t until 3 in the afternoon. I’ll worry about it all day. “How’s it going to go?” “Will anyone be mad?” “What if they get mad?” “What if someone yells at me?” “What if I don’t know what to say?” “What if I look stupid?” Thoughts like these bounce around my brain all day before they coalesce into focused worry about an hour before the meeting. This is when I start to get physically nervous. It feels like I’m trembling on the inside. I’m full of nervous energy yet stuck in place by anxiety. My head kind of pounds. <a href="https://medium.com/@robin_glover/zoom-doom-social-phobia-and-video-meetings-f7b964d1abf1">Visit Now</a>