What that can prevent exposure for social anxiety from working are safety behaviors, e.g. having certain types of clothes or make up on, favorite item, mobile phone close/in your hand, etc., because you are then taught the wrong lesson from the exposure, i.e., “I only managed situation X because of [insert safety behavior]”.
What that can prevent exposure for social anxiety from working are safety behaviors, e.g. having certain types of clothes or make up on, favorite item, mobile phone close/in your hand, etc., because you are then taught the wrong lesson from the exposure, i.e., “I only managed situation X because of [insert safety behavior]”.