On Social Anxiety

We all have it. Sorry, it’s not just you and you’re not as unique as you might think (at least not in this way). That’s the main point: social anxiety is the voice in our head that tells us we’re unique in our awkwardness, faux pas, and blunders. Sure, maybe there’s some truth here but it’s more self-fulling as opposed to objective and unanimous, even though that voice again would beg to differ.

A main feature of social anxiety is the internal voice of expectation telling you that you should be different. Once this ball is rolling, you’re relating more to your own internal voice than the voices of the people who you’re supposedly relating to. If only the cycle could be broken. Just be yourself they say. But how am I not myself? Yes, exactly! 

Here’s a conversation about social anxiety that you might find helpful. Perhaps we can have one too.