Alex Partridge

It will go reasonably well socially.

They'll meet new people, but then they get home, and then the overthinking starts.

They'll start saying to themselves things like, I laughed weirdly at that joke, or that conversation was awkward, and they'll ruminate and they'll stay up all night.

Can this create a...

degree of pattern recognition, which then you'll say to yourself, well, I know now that social event equals weeks of anxiety.

Therefore, I will just withdraw from all social events.

William Dodson, who coined the phrase RSD, he described RSD, the emotions, as catastrophic.

But I wonder, from your experience and your research on RSD, is there a way to objectively measure the emotional response to criticism?

So interesting.

Just you saying about you got to do a talk in 10 minutes, my foot started tapping at a faster rate.

There's an objective measurement right there.

So interesting, Jessica.

I want to carry this on with the audience questions.

Yes.

Which are in the washing machine of woes.

So there's a little announcement for anyone who's got clothes stuck in the washing machine right now.

I do use the Timo app, which reminds me to empty my washing machine.

But this week, Jessica, somebody has written in.

We've got three questions, actually.

A bit of a trigger warning.