Should i work on my social anxiety before i start trying to make friends in my new workplace?

Both: If you have a therapist to help you gradually increase the amount of interaction with workplace colleagues, slowly doing so will probably become a part of your treatment! however, it can help to role-play or imagine the interactions first with the therapist.

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