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Hey Pandas, What Makes You Nervous No Matter How Many Times You Do It? (Closed)

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Some tasks just seem to be impossible. Even simple mundane things such as calling or asking for help at a store can make your heart race, boost your anxiety, and be morally exhausting. Everyone has that one thing that makes them nervous and no matter how many times they do it—it doesn‘t seem to get any easier. What‘s your thing? Share down below!

You can also share how you deal with this feeling and perhaps it‘ll help someone to overcome it!

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#1

For me, it's calling. I don't know why and this is pretty common. Usually, people expect you to call and it's their job to answer. However, it makes me nervous and I often plan in my head what I am going to say, it's ridiculous.

Final score:

37points

Violeta Draseikaitė

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#2

Meeting new people. I don't know why, but it always makes me so nervous. Also doctor's appointments.

Final score:

30points

Aelita Senvaitytė

#3

I work in the call center for years, and there is not a single day that i have not been afraid to take calls. As an introvert, this job is way too much, but in our country and with my background, this is all i can do for now. During stressful situations, i drink 3 cups of coffee, sometimes more, just to have a sugar rush. I am now contemplating of changing careers however, i will plan it more wisely this time.

Final score:

26points

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#4

Getting shots. Got my second Covid shot recently, was a nervous wreck the entire time

Final score:

21points

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#5

Making phone calls

Final score:

20points

#6

Public speaking or presentations, somehow I had no problem when it came to doing live singing, or even acting in school, but when it comes to serious things that have to be covered or explained in front of a lot of people I'm just really anxious.

Final score:

19points

Diana Lopetaitė

#7

Doing anything when all the attention is on me. Even if it's as simple as saying hi I'm (name). My mind just blanks out. Every single time...

Final score:

18points

Cordelia Carstairs

#8

Not now but years ago i used to hate traveling on public transport. How i over came this was to read a book. It takes my mind into another world and i soon forget the people around me.

Final score:

16points

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#9

Meeting people.
I pass for a boy, but my voice is higher than any boy my age.
I usually just don't speak, or nod.
It's really stressful.

Final score:

13points

basically_bill_cipher

#10

Driving somewhere I never been

Final score:

13points

#11

Talking to strangers, going up to people's doors and knocking. I always feel like I'm intruding on people's lives and and might say something wrong. My mom is always scrutinizing what I say and the expressions I make with my face. Also being bullied and rejected for trying to make new friends didn't do anything to help me from outgrowing my social awkwardness, second guessing my thoughts and actions.

Final score:

10points

MyOpinionHasBeenServed

#12

I have Parkinson’s and I often am scared when I have to step up or down a curb. Sometimes I get frozen. Once I asked someone pull me up — she gave me a weird look but she got me going again with just a quick tug.

So you’ll tell me to use the handicap entrance with a sidewalk ramp but it’s amazing how many places don’t have them.

Final score:

10points

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#13

Opening the mail. Think it's probably bad news inside. What do I then do? I don't open it, which makes it worse. Avoidance. That is not a coping skill. Or, I do my best to work up the courage and sit in the living room opening everything at once. Also, in addition to heights, driving, or being a passenger on a really high highway overpass. Panic attack while driving. Luckily enough I've had a lot of those and have learned how to manage them. If not the driver, I close my eyes. But, I will see if I can get there without having to drive on one.

Final score:

9points

Miss Frankfurter

#14

Presenting

Final score:

8points

-logansucrose- (he/him)

#15

Interacting with people, even with my best friends. I have ADHD and most likely autism (asking my doctor about it next week to see if I can get an official diagnosis), which makes it difficult for me to interact with people in a way they can understand/tolerate. I have only met one person I can unmask a lot around other than my parents. (Masking is hiding your neurodivergence to seem “normal” to society, and unmasking is letting your real self out.)

Final score:

8points

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#16

Clicking "send".

Final score:

7points

#17

Doing new tasks that I haven't done before.

Final score:

6points

Titas Burinskas

#18

Celebrating my birthday. I don´t like to be the center of attention. I always ask the family to ignore it but they always end up putting something together for me. I feel like people expect something from me and being on someone´s mind makes me nervous.

Final score:

6points

#19

Opening emails from recruiters. I find it more stressful than actually interviewing.

Final score:

5points

#20

Weddings. I'm a French wedding photographer since 2011, "my" newly weds are always so happy with the pictures, but I can't help and think that the result will not be the one they expected. I'm soooo scared about a camera problem / missing the important moments that I always have nightmares about that the day before the wedding. You know, this kind of dream, when you forget to put pants to go to school ! But I love my job. I may be some kind of a masochist.

Final score:

5points

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#21

Waking up. Beats the alternative I suppose but...still.

Final score:

5points

Benjamin Thor Collier V

#22

Meeting new people. Going anywhere by myself. Making a phone call.

Final score:

5points

Bettie-Jean Neal

#23

Talking on the phone. More precisely, making phone calls. I have anxiety over receiving calls but not nearly as bad as it is when I have to make a call. It absolutely terrifies me & I’m not sure why. I’ve had phone-anxiety for as long as I can remember. When email came about & later, texting, I was ecstatic. I feel like an idiot for having a fear of the phone. Speaking of which, I have to make a few phone calls now & stop procrastinating on BP.

Final score:

5points

#24

Flying.

Final score:

4points

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#25

Having to call someone I really don’t want to speak to, but need to. I always hope for a voicemail so I can just explain what I need without having to converse.

Final score:

4points

#26

Driving my vehicle on the ramps over an oil change pit. Every single time, it stresses me out.

Final score:

4points

Sandra Kennedy-Heausler

#27

Walking in public by myself. Always makes me feel like I'm being judged by someone, all the time

Final score:

4points

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#28

The DENTIST! I hate having to pay someone to hurt me.

Final score:

4points

#29

I get nervous anytime I go onto my virtual classes, I think, "Did I do this assignment? Is this due? Did I do all my math homework?" I almost always have this feeling of dread in my stomach that's hard to get rid of. I have been doing virtual with my class since April but it still makes me nervous when I have big projects coming up.

Final score:

3points

Furious Salamander

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#30

walking on a bridge(always scared that I'm gonna fall), walking under a bridge(always scared that it's gonna fall), walking in public(s3xu@l predators and my skin color), walking at night(s3xu@l predators), and i have more but i wont write them

Final score:

3points

#31

walking up to a friends door , i always have this tought in the back of my head that im going to the wrong house

Final score:

3points

#32

I'm a shaking nervous thing every single lone masquerade/stage performance I do. Thing is, I would do them multiple times a year, doesn't get any easier leading up to them. Afterwards however you just want to run back up there ^^;

Final score:

3points

#33

Playing a solo for the final evaluation in band. I am literally shaking.

Final score:

3points

Jeweled Dragon (She/They)

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#34

Being around lots of people, going into a store by myself

Final score:

3points

Angeline Shalyn

#35

Playing at a concert, even though I have been practicing and mastering piano for over 10 years. It still makes me fall into a nervous wreck right before I get onto stage.

Final score:

3points

Grasie MoonFlower

#36

Packing luggage: no matter if it's a job trip or just holidays.

NOTA: it never happens when packing for a motorbike ride.

Final score:

3points

Tapio Magnussen

#37

Airline travel. I was in a near-crash situation 20 years ago, complete with dumping the fuel (a plane cannot land on a full tank), crash positions (men have to remove neckties and women their high-heeled shoes because they are a danger if the plane rolls), and the pilot yelling “Brace! Brace! Brace!” all the way down. Since then, it takes prescription anxiety medication to get me to set foot on a plane.

Final score:

3points

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#38

I almost always get nervous when I speak or answer questions. I will "freeze up" and I'll be unable to answer. Then, if the person asking the question keeps insisting for an answer, I start panicking, and most of the time, people just want an answer from me, even though they can see that I clearly am unable to speak, so they will raise their voices/yell, and it just makes me panic more.

Final score:

3points

#39

Using the bathroom, singing in public, showering, the list goes on and on.

Final score:

2points

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#40

With my generalised anxiety disorder it's the weirdest things. But I'm (slowly)getting better.

Final score:

2points

#41

Talking to people on the phone

Final score:

2points

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#42

talking to strangers

Final score:

2points

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#43

Escalators. I have virtigo so anything that has more than 3 steps makes me feel I'm falling.

Final score:

2points

Mad_Haberdasheress

#44

Taking a practical drivers test. Failed 7 times so far. I make stupid mistakes outta sheer nervousness. I'm now 45 & it's all getting quite ridiculous! :(

Final score:

2points

#45

Being judged by other people's standards and asumptions.

Final score:

2points

#46

Horror movies.

Final score:

2points

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#47

Being at the topmost point in a roller coaster. But it's fun.

Final score:

2points

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#48

Climbing down from a ladder even if it’s three steps up.

Final score:

2points

#49

Talking on the phone I never know what to say to the other person.

Final score:

2points

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#50

Being on the tail end of stopped traffic, all puckered up waiting to have a vehicle hit me.

Final score:

2points

#51

Talking to anyone other than my mom and my best friend.

Final score:

1point

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#52

Definitely making and answering phone calls.

Final score:

1point

#53

I hate talking on the phone. Don't know why, I'm not bad at it, just hate it. Never answer it

Final score:

1point

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#54

answering the phone. Never gets easier.

Final score:

1point

#55

Having to do anything involving math especially algebra and story problems. I believe my fear goes back to my first algebra teacher. I was doing OK until that class. He didn't explain things well and got impatient when students wanted more information...like maybe he just assumed we were born having a basic knowledge of algebra.😱

Final score:

1point

#56

Talking to people.

Final score:

1point

Rage of Aquarius

#57

Popping balloons.
Blowing up balloons.

Ah yes my Globophobic heart.

Final score:

1point

#58

Everything. I have anxiety #WAP

Final score:

1point

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#59

being first at a traffic light and having lots of cars behind me. I have an older car and therefore I can't accelerate that fast.

Final score:

1point

#60

Kissing a new person. I'm surprised nobody mentioned this thus far.

Final score:

1point

#61

Bridges

Final score:

1point

#62

Crunching the can after I put the cut lid inside it. I do it so the lid won’t fall out and cut the bag or someone handling the bag. But my brother once cut both his thumbs doing it and still has scars. So I’m still nervous every time I do it. I’m wondering now if it’s worth it. Lol.

Final score:

1point

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#63

exams ,talking to new people

Final score:

1point

#64

Waxing myself (mainly my legs). Every time I get really nervous that it’s will hurt badly and don’t want to remove the wax.

Final score:

1point

#65

Weirdly enough, thinking

Final score:

0points

#66

Ordering a pizza ALWAYS scares me! Especially if I am by myself and ordering for a group! I always have to pretend I'm ordering "for a friend" so I don't look like I am eating it ALL by myself.

Final score:

0points

#67

Turning on the garbage disposal.

Final score:

0points

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#68

Getting shots makes me nervous. I also get scared when handling any new animals. I’ve always grown up with different animals and I’ve been around almost all the animal pet types but I always get nervous when introducing myself to a new one because I don’t know how they’ll react. I also get nervous when in large groups although I end up in large group situations fairly often.

Final score:

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#69

The sound of an iPhone alarm. I'm talking about this sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXhEz3hqlQE

No matter how many times I hear it, it always makes my stomach flip. I've never heard a more excruciating and anxiety-provoking noise.

Final score:

0points

#70

Parachuting... jumping from a plane. Did it several times but you still get that feeling that maybe this bed sheet won't open.

Final score:

0points

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#71

When I’m not like, securely securely strapped in, I’m afraid of heights, and I’m very paranoid about stuff

Final score:

0points

#72

Driving I-25 between Denver and Colorado Springs. We're all just one idiot's move away from a multi-car pileup at high speed. Ditto eastbound I-70 between Idaho Springs and Denver--bumper-to-bumper fools at 80+ mph.

Final score:

0points

#73

Chunkaskullophobia. For 20 plus years I have been afraid of chipping. I stand over the golf

Final score:

0points

Violeta Draseikaitė

My name is Violeta and I am an editor here at Bored Panda. I love reading memes for a living. It’s obviously much more than that, but I appreciate the variety of topics, information, and pics I get to see every day and share with the world! Those funny memes really make my day too. Being born in the ’90s in post-Soviet Lithuania speaks more about me than I’d like to admit. I’m still learning about the world and myself, but I do love my friends, traveling, art, and my cat. My favorite fact to share about myself is that I used to hide meatballs in my friend’s pockets at lunch so I could go play outside. I wish all those meatballs could find their way back to me someday.

My name is Violeta and I am an editor here at Bored Panda. I love reading memes for a living. It’s obviously much more than that, but I appreciate the variety of topics, information, and pics I get to see every day and share with the world! Those funny memes really make my day too. Being born in the ’90s in post-Soviet Lithuania speaks more about me than I’d like to admit. I’m still learning about the world and myself, but I do love my friends, traveling, art, and my cat. My favorite fact to share about myself is that I used to hide meatballs in my friend’s pockets at lunch so I could go play outside. I wish all those meatballs could find their way back to me someday.

What do you think ?

John Bell 3 years ago

I think half these people are autistic and don't know it.

1point

Franc Esca 3 years ago

Almost any type of big bureaucracy or filling in burocratic paperwork. Leaving a job even if it's for a better one. Moving house and phone calls used to be on the list but overall I'm over it The doorbell ringing.

0points

AliJanx 3 years ago

HR here: sending confidential information to the correct addressee.i double and triple check and still check after I've already pressed send

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John Bell 3 years ago

I think half these people are autistic and don't know it.

1point

Franc Esca 3 years ago

Almost any type of big bureaucracy or filling in burocratic paperwork. Leaving a job even if it's for a better one. Moving house and phone calls used to be on the list but overall I'm over it The doorbell ringing.

0points

AliJanx 3 years ago

HR here: sending confidential information to the correct addressee.i double and triple check and still check after I've already pressed send

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