“I never knew that this was social anxiety. I never knew that what I was experiencing was panic attacks. I just felt like there was something wrong with me because I’m scared of looking stupid”. In this episode, we recount past experiences during which I was scared to look stupid in new social settings, laugh it off now that we’re on the other side, and walk away with a lighthearted (and maybe even, dare I say, empowering!) and newfound sense of ease for navigating new social situations moving forward.