I hate when people tell me I don't know what social anxiety is...
l may not have social anxiety, but I know what it is. Yet, people like to tell me I am in denial about having it and then go on to tell me I probably just don't understand what it is. I know how to socialize but maybe I just don't enjoy doing it. I like people, but maybe I just don't like being around too many, too often, and all at the same time.
Maybe I do have some form of social anxiety but if I do, it's just a trace. I think that's clear by now. I mean, there are some extreme social situations that I have been in where I don't know how to interact or engage with people. Like there was that time I was in a store, and some kid's mother was staring at the backpack I was buying that the kid said was just like his. Yeah, in that situation I didn't know what to do or say and there were extenuating circumstances.
I'm generally not that good in social situations, basically because I don't to seem to know how to pick up on social cues like most people can, I guess. So, that does create a little bit of a problem. But that doesn't mean I have social anxiety or as one person once said, I have it so much that it's coming out of my ears. If that was the case, I wouldn't be able to function at all and that's not the case. So yeah, I don't have social anxiety no matter how much people want to label me that way. And I know what social anxiety is, obviously.
Maybe I do have some form of social anxiety but if I do, it's just a trace. I think that's clear by now. I mean, there are some extreme social situations that I have been in where I don't know how to interact or engage with people. Like there was that time I was in a store, and some kid's mother was staring at the backpack I was buying that the kid said was just like his. Yeah, in that situation I didn't know what to do or say and there were extenuating circumstances.
I'm generally not that good in social situations, basically because I don't to seem to know how to pick up on social cues like most people can, I guess. So, that does create a little bit of a problem. But that doesn't mean I have social anxiety or as one person once said, I have it so much that it's coming out of my ears. If that was the case, I wouldn't be able to function at all and that's not the case. So yeah, I don't have social anxiety no matter how much people want to label me that way. And I know what social anxiety is, obviously.
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