WalkTheTalk

We help you fight back against your social anxiety with the power of peer support and a process that works. So you can gradually face life and grow bigger than your anxiety. Although it feels like it, you’re not alone. For every 15 people you know, one will be living with social anxiety disorder. Not the entirely natural pre-presentation or first date nerves, but the life-altering anxiety that comes with everyday interactions. It’s unsurprising that it takes us an average 20 years before we ‘do’ something about it. We start to adopt ‘safety behaviours’ such as avoidance, keeping quiet in group settings or over-preparing for interactions. These give us a short-term relief, but soon subside to feelings of guilt, low self esteem and act as a slow puncture to our confidence. It becomes hard to get out of the hole. Saying no to life means missed opportunities. Relationships can suffer, earnings can take a hit and joy and meaning can be sucked out of life. But the good news is, it’s entirely reversible. For the past two years we've been running weekly drop-in peer group sessions. We've had 1.4k people register and an estimated 600 people attend. People leave feeling better than when they came (average rating of 4.8/5 after 141 reviews). But to meet the demand and help more people, we need to grow. Our vision is to become the AA for social anxiety. A group on your doorstep, welcoming and accessible, and forever free.