lunaloo wrote:
While I'm generally a big fan of using alcohol to help cope with social situations, I would definitely not use it in an interview. There is a good chance the interviewer would be able to tell and in that case, you've blown any chance you may have had. I'd recommend instead something like xanax. It would be best to take some ahead of time, though, to know how you react to it.
This. I would also recommend an anti-anxiety/anti-depressant such as Celexa or Cipralex. The difference before and after taking it is like night and day, and you really do become more confident, especially in high pressure social situations.
You should never use alcohol to overcome situations like that. It's fine to have a drink at parties to make you more sociable (keep in mind I say A drink, and not 3 or 13), but chances are if you are not in those types of settings, people will more easily be able to tell if you are drinking or not.
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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.
This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.
My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.
20 Sep 2011, 7:17 am
