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Safety behaviors: What are yours? (i.postimg.cc)
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What are your go-to safety behaviors? Have you tried challenging yourself to reduce them? What happened if you did?

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[-] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Safety behaviors are a big thing in social anxiety. Nothing is wrong with being quiet per se. We are talking about staying quieter than you normally would because of social anxiety. So, burying your true personality traits - aka masking - with safety behaviors.

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