How do you navigate social anxiety with coworkers? Before getting into strategy, I was always the invisible freelancer who didn't have to give 2 shits about office politics. Now I feel this huge pressure to show charisma and amicability and play the office politics and it makes me so anxious on top of figuring out how to get good at my job. To make matters worse, whenever I'm stressed I totally shut down emotionally and can appear standoffish.

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