I took the bus today and was literally cornered into a random conversation without a means for escape, so I had to "eject."

@TryingtoLava Well, there wasn't any other alternative. And, I just said "there was a disturbance on the way to work" and she stared at me for a second and said, "I don't even want to know" and waved me away.

@MarkPaul uhhh ya you answer the Q and stay on the bus

@TryingtoLava Yeah... maybe.

@MarkPaul go to therapy

@TryingtoLava I don't need therapy. I'm a man of action. And, I took action. Yeah, the consequences weren't great, but it mostly all worked out anyway.

@MarkPaul man of action is like your catch phrase and sure if that action is running away youre a track star too

@TryingtoLava I didn't run away... technically. I just catapulted myself out of a risky situation with an ingenious plan.

@MarkPaul my respect level for you is taking a nose dive like your totally playing mental gymnastics you had an ingenious plan? You jumped off a BUS

@MarkPaul crybaby

@MarkPaul Your state of psychological health is getting in the way of you living your day-to-day life. Love you bud, you need to see a psychiatrist. Then I will call you a man of action.

@BlueVeins now i feel like i was kinda brutal instead of saying “Your state of psychological health is getting in the way of you living your day-to-day life.” Well said and you offered a solution too! Im gona step out of the convo now

@BlueVeins Yeah, but you don't understand. I wasn't even interested in that conversation. I was just trying to mind my business and I was literally dragged into something I wasn't prepared for. I don't get why everyone is thinking I'm the one who did something wrong. In the past, I would have just frozen solid on the spot. No one wants to see that I took action and accepted the consequences. No one gets it... it's like fighting the entire world.

@MarkPaul Healthy people are capable of comfortably engaging in conversations initiated by strangers. You are not fighting the world. You are fighting yourself.

@BlueVeins 🙄

@MarkPaul Yeah, act like you're above my advice. It's your god given right. When this conversation ends, I go back to being an invincible chad with no weaknesses and you go back to being driven to tears by anxiety attacks whenever someone you don't know asks you what time it is.

@BlueVeins That's not it. I don't think I'm above your advice and it bothers me that you think (or claim) that I don't take your advice when you know I have taken your advice in the past. It's not so easy just turning things around. You don't understand...

@MarkPaul I know it's not easy to become the Dragon Warrior. Po trained for years to beat Tai Lung. You have no idea how much more sympathetic I would be towards you if you made a serious effort. You can try to tell me you are, but this post would not exist if you were.

@BlueVeins OMG. This is so frustrating. You make it sound like I am the same way as when we first came across each other. You never give me any credit. I am making serious effort, but you don't want to see it. And, yes in part your advice along the way has been helpful. I don't mind admitting it. It's just that I am still working on things. No one understands.

@MarkPaul Work harder. And stop playing victim.

@BlueVeins Yeah, but that's not what is happening. But, okay. Fine. I will work harder. I'm not afraid of that.

@MarkPaul And also stop being delusional. You still always tell people you have "a trace of social anxiety." No you do not, you have a truckload of it. It's oozing out your ears. I have friends who can barely get out of bed in the mornings. How am I supposed to believe you're trying when you won't even recognize the extent of the problem?

@BlueVeins Yeah but, I'm not trying to be delusional. I mean I get out of bed every morning. I have a job. I go to work. I interact with people all day long... professionally, yes, but I think that still counts. I don't know why you are so against me. Of course, I admit and I have admitted that I have a little bit of a problem in social situations, so that's what I mean by a "trace of." And, what about how much more aware I have become online of picking up on cues to avoid saying the wrong things. You're the one who pointed that out to me. Again, yes you helped me on that track and I am thankful to you for that and have told you that. I still mess up sometimes, I guess because I don't always pick up on those cues so I keep working on it. Again, that's what I mean by "a trace of."

You may not believe it, you probably don't, but I do care that you don't believe me. I wish I could get you to believe that I am serious... that I am a serious person and I am working to improve my little situation so it doesn't hold me back. I honestly wish I could get you to see that and that I am committed to working harder. I just don't think you understand that it's a step-by-step process for me. I think I am doing a good job of making some progress.

@MarkPaul You're still doing it.

@BlueVeins Okay... I have a problem, okay? I have a problem in social situations.