Not sure how many people could be like me here, but my social anxiety’s been building the last 10 years. I’m at least trying to learn “to have a laugh” about it now — mind you, laughing at myself or my mistakes is something i could NEVER used to do, growing up extremely hypercritical with myself (maybe as learned behavior from my father being the most judgmental person in my life and expecting perfection 24/7 from me, particularly).
So how bad is your social anxiety? This is me (feel free to chuckle, lol)
** I once bought a ticket asap and flew overseas just to have an excuse to not go to my boss’ wedding I got invited to. 😆
** Some years I cant even bear to text my mother in law “Happy Mothers Day”, dreading the small talk that would follow. 😅 She must hate me by now.
** If I dread having to text back you’d understand why my phone’s been on “silent” for the last half decade. I hate seeing any phone call coming in. It gives me anxiety. Im not answering! 🤣
Sigh. I wish things were different with me. But Im slowly not beating myself up over it too much now and I find that learning to laugh a little and forgiving myself are mammoth accomplishments towards my self healing. ☺️🙏🏻
How bad is yours? 😆
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