{"id":2622,"date":"2019-05-16T05:47:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T05:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-time-i-met-a-fellow-socially-anxious-scientist-part-1\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T06:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T06:35:17","slug":"the-time-i-met-a-fellow-socially-anxious-scientist-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/the-time-i-met-a-fellow-socially-anxious-scientist-part-1","title":{"rendered":"The time I met a fellow socially anxious scientist (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">Last week, I spontaneously decided to go to a talk given by one of the first black women to receive a PhD in her field. I\u2019m interested in gender and racial disparities in STEM, so I thought the talk would be worthwhile. Also, I am in dissertation-writing mode, and I needed a break from writing. The speaker took questions at the end of the talk, and someone in the row behind me asked a question about having confidence in academia. She mentioned how she hates giving talks and finds conferences terrifying despite her success in her field.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">My social anxiety radar was immediately activated. All I could think of was that I needed to talk to this person! MUST CONNECT WITH ANOTHER SOCIALLY ANXIOUS PERSON!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">I\u2019ve been dying to talk to another person in academia with social anxiety;\u00a0obsessing about it. I\u2019ve even talked about this in groups.\u00a0And here was a chance. As we filed out of the lecture hall, I ended up right behind the person and said, \u201cHey! I really resonated with your question!\u201d She and I chatted for a few minutes while walking back to our respective labs, and as she turned to go one way, and me another, she introduced herself.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 10pt\"><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">A few days later, I found her email address and asked if she wanted to get coffee (ironically, I don\u2019t drink coffee) and chat about the challenges of being socially anxious in science. So, we are meeting up.\u00a0Tomorrow!\u00a0 And now I am freaking out. It is going to be sooo awkward!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>The author of this story is a postdoctoral associate in the biomedical sciences where she engages in clinical research using magnetic resonance imaging. She enjoys biking, reading, and warm weather. This story was published on September 10, 2018, on the author\u2019s blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceandsocialanxiety.wordpress.com\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">Science and Social Anxiety<\/a> (available <a href=\"https:\/\/scienceandsocialanxiety.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/10\/a-fellow-socially-anxious-scientist\/\" style=\"color:blue; text-decoration:underline\">here<\/a>), and has been republished here with her permission. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I spontaneously decided to go to a talk given by one of the first black women to receive a PhD in her field. 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