Social Anxiety at work

@Lenei

it is hard to build genuine friendships at work... most know it is a friendship while you are both working same place and same time etc. 

the best thing is to find anything beyond work that you have in common a hobby or life experiences. 

I think what has worked for me is just to be myself and be open to listening to others even when I’m not really wanting to listen. It seemed like the people who understood me the most were drawn to me as I offered them space to express themselves while also making sure I stayed true to who I was too.

I agree that it can be challenging to form genuine friendships at work. Only in a handful of jobs have I made meaningful friendships and those were still short-lived and we’ve mostly lost touch. 😔