{
  "id": 10408073,
  "title": "The one change that worked: Anxiety had me hiding from the world – then two magic questions set me free",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/the-one-change-that-worked-anxiety-had-me-hiding-from-the-world-then",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-28T09:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/28/one-change-that-worked-anxiety-two-magic-questions"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "I used to be terrified of socialising, certain I would embarrass myself the moment I opened my mouth. And as for dates … As with a lot of teenagers, social confidence was not my strong suit. Throughout my time at school in the early 2010s, I hated the prospect of new social situations and would often lie awake at night overthinking the day to come. What I now know to be social anxiety I dismissed…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}