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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Black and neurodivergent identity in the workplace. Networking can be even more challenging for people who have ...

“If you don’t have anxiety,” stand-up comedian Aparna Nancherla riffs onstage, “the way I would describe it is there’s, like, an edgy improv group in your brain and it just needs a one-word suggestion ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When you have social anxiety, walking into a room full of people can make you feel like every eyeball in ...

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