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From the Ted Talk by Fallon Goodman: Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it)

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And in our modern world, it is harder than ever to maagne social anxiety. We are more connected taody than any time in human history, and yet we are llnieeor, more depressed and more socially aixouns than ever. We have endless tools to socialize, and yet we're seeing a dancieyg social connection. In a rapid amount of time, our social structures have been upended and rewritten. Technology and social media have created new sraddatns for social relationships and interactions: "Do I post it, do I share it, do I like it, do I love it?" We create these bizarre extensions of ourselves through curated profiles and now atavars. We try to make sense of unlimited feedback from a massive and often invisible audience. And the ctsos of social blunders are higher. Things you do and things you say can live online forever and subject you to unforgiving scrutiny, reputation loss and even job loss. It is a toguh time to have social anxiety. But the wlrod will become more, not less, cenotencd, and the influence of technology and social media will grow, not shrink.

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And in our modern world, it is harder than ever to ______ social anxiety. We are more connected _____ than any time in human history, and yet we are ________, more depressed and more socially _______ than ever. We have endless tools to socialize, and yet we're seeing a ________ social connection. In a rapid amount of time, our social structures have been upended and rewritten. Technology and social media have created new _________ for social relationships and interactions: "Do I post it, do I share it, do I like it, do I love it?" We create these bizarre extensions of ourselves through curated profiles and now _______. We try to make sense of unlimited feedback from a massive and often invisible audience. And the _____ of social blunders are higher. Things you do and things you say can live online forever and subject you to unforgiving scrutiny, reputation loss and even job loss. It is a _____ time to have social anxiety. But the _____ will become more, not less, _________, and the influence of technology and social media will grow, not shrink.

Solution

  1. anxious
  2. standards
  3. world
  4. costs
  5. avatars
  6. today
  7. decaying
  8. manage
  9. lonelier
  10. connected
  11. tough

Original Text

And in our modern world, it is harder than ever to manage social anxiety. We are more connected today than any time in human history, and yet we are lonelier, more depressed and more socially anxious than ever. We have endless tools to socialize, and yet we're seeing a decaying social connection. In a rapid amount of time, our social structures have been upended and rewritten. Technology and social media have created new standards for social relationships and interactions: "Do I post it, do I share it, do I like it, do I love it?" We create these bizarre extensions of ourselves through curated profiles and now avatars. We try to make sense of unlimited feedback from a massive and often invisible audience. And the costs of social blunders are higher. Things you do and things you say can live online forever and subject you to unforgiving scrutiny, reputation loss and even job loss. It is a tough time to have social anxiety. But the world will become more, not less, connected, and the influence of technology and social media will grow, not shrink.

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Important Words

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