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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the group gossipy? This can cause a lot of social anxiety, especially if you are not very gossipy.[/quote]

Seconding this. I do not have social anxiety generally, but for a time I was friends with a group of women I knew via work and the culture was very gossipy. I definitely experienced what OP is talking about after hanging out with this group. It wasn't irrational. I'd seen them ridicule and mock other colleagues and people in the general social circle many times because of [what they perceived to be] a dumb comment in a meeting, or someone being a little socially awkward when out with the group. I never participated in that gossip but I clocked it, and it made me feel extra self-conscious when at work or at happy hours or other social events with work people. I did my best to seek out people who weren't so gossipy and were more like me, but only sort of succeeded at it.

It was a huge relief when I moved on from that job and faded out of that friend group. I don't understand how anyone maintains longterm friendships with people like that -- I found it very stressful and unpleasant.[/quote]

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