Unless you are tormented by anxiety you don't know what a gift was given. God bless whoever did this!

If only I were so smart to admit that ...

Most of the time that nice person is nonexistent 😕

MY. WHOLE. LIFE.

And in the end you don't watch Netflix because you keep thinking all these!

Not thinking- OVERTHINKING

I also have the best advices for other people problems .... not for mine of course! Shouldn't that be some kind of a super power?

Me coming up with a comeback to an argument that happened ages ago

*currently reading bored panda, listening to 90's pop music, not planning to speak to anyone and imagining myself going out in the evening*

While wishing desperately someone will cancel or a tornado will hit the city and you won't have to go with these plans

Oh God this is so relatable

The poem of my life...

Going home is actually the reward because you went out!

Yes, a certain time, but now I'm out of phones.

Yellow character is an idiot.

I did this…

yep. Just described what happens any time a word comes out of my mouth

Exactly.

Viscount Steve Carell..

Isn't that the standard behaviour? It might be a scam

What ? Being an insensitive bully who uses their tyranical power to publicly humiliate a child does not help them ? How surprising ! /s

I feel called out

Sometimes, I feel like a meeting one-on-one is harder because the onus is on you to make a 50% contribution to the conversation.

My life in just a frame

I'm still thinking about that time I was 8 (almost 40 years ago) and it was my birthday. I got a toy from my parents and was so happy with it, I ran to my aunt when she came in to show it to her and she had bought the exact same present. I still feel bad about it and I know it's stupid, my brain says it's stupid, I have a million reasons of why it is stupid, but I still feel bad. I hate emotions.

Yup.right in the eye every time. And you just feel like yelling " I could do it until you got here, doggone it!" My especial special hate; when I'm painting. I paint for me. If you say it's pretty, usually, I love you so much I will give it to,which I'm told is a pretty cool thing. But, don't walk up and say,after watching and umming for a few seconds, " you need to do..." Whatever. I will smack you with a full pallette in my dreams.

I like to go trail running by myself and can run for hours without issue, but as soon as I pass someone I'll slip on a rock.

This was the hardest thing to get over while putting in IVs in babies in front of their parents. Took me a few years.

ohmygawd YES

Can touch type very rapidly and accurately as long as no one is micro-observing me or I overthink about what I am typing. Audience = complete inability to type at all and have to fix the mistakes as I go which just compounds the issue

Happens every time someone watches, I stop sometimes in the freeze position or I get up and walk off, and wait 'till everyone's gone!

This is a law of nature. I've been working in my field for ten years, but whenever a student is looking over my shoulder to learn how to do things, I instantly screw up. Just shrug and laugh. "I'm experienced, I swear!"

And everyone at work thinks I'm stupid :( I will have my first day at a new company tomorrow, can anyone even begin to imagine how I feel today? ....

"Everyone else pronounced it 'hear' and I did 'he-ya' oh crap

YASS!!!!!

Sometimes this is why i make plans when I'm in a good mood! To force myself to go out! But I regret it most of the times

*takes phone out and pretends to be busy* Problem solved!

Yeap! You deserve it as a reward

This is absolutely me. When I find myself not worrying I start to worry about not being worried.

Oh yeah

me as a toddler

Why I had such a hard time accepting a diagnosis of depression: I actually WAS happy in bed. Sorta.

Endless vicious cycle: Either way you are sad

water would be nice...

Me, being a different kind of "cat lady".

It actually helps me to know most people probably think about their own failures all the time instead of mine :D

Meanwhile, the people who you think laughed at you (they probably did not) have already forgotten.

This is fine. This is less about social anxiety and more about the energy that is needed to be "on" around people. Three weeks might be a little long, but taking quiet time to recharge is perfectly normal. It can be normal for introverts AND extroverts.

Omg yes what if people think I'm just trying to look cool?

"Can't we, like, have them all killed ? -No, ma'am. -Why not ? -Magna Carta. -Oh... Right... F**k that thing."

In fairness, I *am* on drugs because of social anxiety. Thanks, Pharmac!

My parents actively taught me how to speak up about stuff like this because they knew I was really shy (they don’t know it’s clinical social anxiety) and didn’t want me to be unable to advocate for myself. I’ve gotten money back from a hotel that tried to rip me off.

mobile phones are the worst! We take them everywhere we go and they can ring at any moment! No wonder we're all losing our minds... constantly dreading the next call

Not socializing doesn't mean you don't have personality!!!

EVERY GODDAMN TIME

The first time I have ever thanked COVID