“I tried Nunchi in a bid to ease my social anxiety – and this is what happened”

, says: “When we take a deep, belly breath it activates the parasympathetic nervous system, calming us down. Breathing deeply anchors us in the present moment so we’re less likely to spiral into worrying about what people think of us.”You may also likeIn the context of anxiety, humour is a defence mechanism. It often happens involuntarily because it’s also a coping mechanism, and it helps to relieve your own sense of awkwardness, especially if the other person laughs.

I’ll never forget going to a networking event – my worst kind of event – and making a joke to a group of people about how stingy the canapes were. One of the people in that group was responsible for the logistics of the event, and they then went into a panic that everyone was thinking that. Nunchi: “If you launch into a joke without assessing the situation, you’re likely to make the wrong kind of joke”

That then helps you gauge the ‘temperature’ of the room. So, rather than awkwardly babble, you wait until the answer presents itself to you. Observing in this way, Hong says, can help with job promotions , dating, coping with family holidays and navigating social groups that aren’t in your comfort zone.

I usually begin interactions with a negative rhetoric circling around my head: my crush doesn’t want to talk to me, they aren’t at all attracted to me – the usual. But, using my newfound nunchi, I actually managed to “gather some data”.

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