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Why You Should Go Out When You Want to Stay In (Again), According to a Psychiatrist
Is going out good for anxiety?
Carrie Torn, LCSW, is a psychotherapist based in North Carolina. She says that often, the more we avoid the thing we are anxious about, the worse it gets. “If we choose not to go out due to our anxiety, we are reinforcing the message that it’s not safe—and the anxiety may actually increase the next time we make those same plans,” she says.