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When Social Skills Don't Touch Core Loneliness

I can manage my social anxiety with CBT but I still feel fundamentally different from other people and wonder if I'm meant to be alone forever.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Behavioral interventions for social anxiety may not address the deeper existential question of belonging and authentic connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with CBT — principles and practice?”

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