09-26-2013, 01:42 AM
I used to have really bad social anxiety and I'm still kinda getting over it.
The biggest problem with it is that it was never something that anyone actually told me was a problem, I kinda just accepted it as part of myself, which obviously didn't motivate me to change my behavior at all.
And my parents and few friends and acquaintances would often just shrug it off, saying 'he's just shy, that's the way he is'. And I think that's the case for a lot of people that have anxiety of any sort. No one ever tells you to just fuckin deal with it and go make shit happen.
But on the other hand, I still think it's hilarious when someone says, 'I have really bad social anxiety' twenty minutes into a conversation because I'd put good money on your anxiety not being as bad as you think, if it's something that you readily admit to people you barely know.
The biggest problem with it is that it was never something that anyone actually told me was a problem, I kinda just accepted it as part of myself, which obviously didn't motivate me to change my behavior at all.
And my parents and few friends and acquaintances would often just shrug it off, saying 'he's just shy, that's the way he is'. And I think that's the case for a lot of people that have anxiety of any sort. No one ever tells you to just fuckin deal with it and go make shit happen.
But on the other hand, I still think it's hilarious when someone says, 'I have really bad social anxiety' twenty minutes into a conversation because I'd put good money on your anxiety not being as bad as you think, if it's something that you readily admit to people you barely know.