There is no question that COVID-19 has thrown us all into a spiral of uncertainty and fear, removing our core day to day activities, interactions and most importantly relationships. Even the most extrovert of us will admit to changes in our behaviours and notice forms of social anxiety reaching us. As time has begun to take its toll hitting a 12-month anniversary of our first lockdown experience, many of us will admit to not making that call to a family member, friend, colleague as “I have nothing to talk about” so frequently comes into our heads. Or the fear of only having something ‘negative’ to say, financial worries, health concerns, the list goes on. . . So, what do we do? Avoid interaction, become more insular. Whether you have struggled with social worries in the past or these feelings are a direct impact of the pandemic, worrying excessively and avoiding interactions will at its worst begin to shrink your life. As we all hope the end is in sight of this latest lockd