Social anxiety therapy

Social anxiety. There. I said it. You can start judging me now. [don’t though] This phrase has been making its way into my life and, honestly, I feel like it has already unpacked its suitcases and is about to kick me off my bed. [not cool dude!]

I cannot describe myself as an introverted person or someone who is scared to talk to people…but at the same time, I kinda can. It’s like one day you are all smiles and gladly talking to strangers in an elevator and the other, you make sure to look down on the way to your office not to make accidental eye contact. [wait, maybe it’s just split personality…no no, don’t go there] So, I decided to write about my socially awkward/anxious experiences and, ALSO, Brene Brown said “What makes you vulnerable, makes you beautiful”, I believe her and practicing vulnerability is anyway awesome! [P.S. Brene Brown is on my reading list and by putting her quote, I am putting a message to the Universe to get those books, now let's wait and see…] [hey, too much detouring, get to the point already] [sorry] […maybe I do have split personalities…]

Where was I…yes, my socially awkward/anxious experiences. I am sure everyone has them, but just in case you doubt that there is a proof you are not alone, my friend.

I have a love/hate relationship with this feeling. There you are standing by yourself surrounded by other human beings, you are expected to interact with each other, establish a connection. You judge each other by the first impression you are giving out and try your best to be nice or to act like you don’t care. [we all care, no matter how much we “don’t”] What I am most anxious about when meeting new people, is what the hell do I talk to them about! That’s been such a big fear of mine [practicing vulnerability right here] and till this day I feel like I can’t start nor maintain a conversation most of the time, cause I get so nervous about finding a freaking thing to discuss in a first place. [anxious high five if you feel the same way :fist bump] I mean, how many of us are suddenly super busy on our phones, when an interaction with a stranger didn’t go that well? [too many] [no one asked you to answer] [execuse us]

What I usually do in these situations? I make jokes. One, it’s easy to hide behind them. Two, nice way to…

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