Continuing to make steady progress with social interactions...Just to set the record straight... it's not that I can't handle social interactions. Sure, I'm a little awkward at it in certain complex situations and when caught off-guard. But overall, I handle social interactions just fine, technically speaking.... See More »
I hate when people think I am being "so quiet" when I am just being normal.2 co-workers separately came to me wanting to know why I was "so quiet" at the Christmas party. I guess I just shrugged my shoulders because I didn't know what to say and one of them said I should socialize more and the other one said, "That's okay.... See More »
A harrowing experience at the independent bookstore...I went into a bookstore over lunch and was looking at a book I had heard about and a woman in the same aisle was staring at me which made me uncomfortable. I stood my ground and didn't move although I thought I was going to faint. After a while as I... See More »
What stage of dementia is not recognizing if a random person in the audience might be your daughter who you are attracted to? (1)
A side conversation gone crazy...I no longer call women at work, "girls." When I use images in my slide presentations I am deliberate about being sure to include women as well as men (in a team project at school one time I was chastised, berated, and verbally beaten down by a female... See More »
Oh yeah... "the base" would definitely pay for this... no questions asked. 1 of several pics of notable people in Jeffrey Epstein's collection of personal memory photos. (1)
With all options turned off, I suppose I need to go to the Office Christmas Party...I don't even know what the point of it is. I thought this was just a one-time thing and I went, mostly graciously, last year. I lingered outside my manager's office today to tell her why I wouldn't be able to go after she told me the other day she... See More »
In social situations, I keep wondering why my intentions are so often misunderstood.I never seem to get it right, no matter how much time I put into analyzing the situation both before and after each encounter.
My motives were exposed, crushed, and I am now backed into a corner...My manager handed me some files to review and after she explained them, as she was leaving, she quickly turned and said, "And, I expect to see you at our Holiday Party. It is important that you go. It's going to be fun." She then walked away before I... See More »
I had another run-in with the maintenance guy at my apartment building who has a massive grudge against me (for no reason)...I went to get my mail, and he was in there putting up a sign. There were 2 other people there and he looked at me and said to no one in particular with disdain, "it's because of him." The 2 people looked at me before they walked away and as he left,... See More » (1)
That flat-chested girl at work wanted to know if I was going to the Office Holiday Party.I didn't know what to say and I resented her intrusive question. She walked away, shaking her head
Why do people become ICE agents?"See, I got picked on in school. I never felt that cool. There's a hole in my soul that just rages. All the women turned me down. They told me I was a .clown. Well, won't you look at me now? I'm putting folks in cages at ICE. They got great hours.... See More » (1)
If I said it once, I've said it a million times... I don't like to be "greeted" when I enter a store and be coerced into getting into a conversation.I feel like I get singled out by retail employees who think they are doing something epic by greeting me at the door the moment I walk in, smile at me, welcome me in, and want to chat with me. I am all for being social and being friendly, but I'm not... See More »
Republican Senator Tom Cotton describes 2 motorboat survivors of US Military murder of civilians as suntanning as they clung to wreckage."One of them took off his shirt as though he was suntanning."
I feel like random people automatically assume I have social anxiety...It bothers me because they just assume that I have it. I used to have it for sure, but now it kind of comes and goes. But I worry that it has left traces of itself on me. I hate that.
I need to do a complete and total wardrobe refresh so I stop looking like a kid just out of university and more like a business professionalThe time has come. I have probably put this off for too long.
What would be the blowback of not showing up to the office holiday party?1. Something suddenly came up. 2. I must have eaten something; I wasn't feeling well. 3. It felt like I was coming down with the flu and I didn't want to get everyone sick. 4. I got the date mixed up and I thought it was next week. 5. Sorry I missed... See More »
Reclaiming my right to say, "I just have a trace of social anxiety."I know I said I would stop claiming I only have a "trace" of social anxiety, but the thing is... well I think with recent improvements I have made in social situations all that remains is... well... a trace. Now, a trace does still include awkward... See More »
A co-worker told me I remind him of his teenage nephew because of my questions and refusal to accept anything he says in conversations...He didn't say it in a mean way, but out of exasperation, I guess. We continued talking for a bit, but now I feel insulted by his comment. Surprisingly, I don't really know how to connect with people in a way they find meaningful. Often, when I try... See More »