So I work in Learning and Development, and I'm realizing I don't handle social situations well.I have anxiety and switching from fully remote to hybrid is making worse. Anyone else experiencing same?
Considering switching my career, but not sure to what if I'll always have to talk with people

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I work in L&D (internal at a consulting firm) and we have roles that are more data, LMS, or strategy focused that don’t require tons of social situations but still use L&D skills. Wondering if it would help to upskill on the tech/data side and focus on those types of roles without having to fully change careers. Either way, you are certainly not alone in this!

Rather than jumping straight to switching careers, reaching out to your teams/managers about whats making you anxious and seeing if there are some remedies to either removing it or easing you into getting better is probably best. Because, yea, in some ways you’ll always have to talk with people. You just dont have to process/do it the same way everyone else does. Figure out what works to ease the anxiety and then if you still need to switch, do that, just with your new system, so you aren’t always running from a problem but instead finding a place that suits you.

Ugh I am sorry to hear that. I actually prefer hybrid. I felt like my mental health was declining being home all the time with nobody to talk to.

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