The shit at my mom's office has been added to this impressive canon. One guy actually said, "See? It's impossible," to a co-worker who was trying to talk to me.
:O I cannot believe that! Jesus, how rude! Do you find sometimes it's easier to be more extroverted when you've got someone else there who you know? I know when confronted with people I don't know I tend to completely clamp up, but if there's at least one person there who I know I find I'm a bit more able to act naturally and not feel so tense. Of course, I guess you can't rely on that, but it can be a good way of easing into more natural conversation with strangers. idk though, I have yet to find a way to just relax in these situations, short of forcing myself to confront them repeatedly until the fear/awkwardness wears off - and that's not exactly an appealing undertaking.
Phone calls are terrible, ordering food is terrible, check-out lines are terrible, strangers are terrible, acquaintances are terrible, adults are terrible, parent's friends are terrible, relatives are terrible
Yeah, this is all too true. I don't know why the brain hasn't developed some better coping mechanism for this stuff, it would be nice to just drift around not caring, not living in constant anxiety of people. Wish I could offer better advice, but this is what I still struggling with, no matter what else changes in my life, this fear part seems to remain obnoxiously constant.
Hopefully social situations get easier to navigate at some point, eventually. I really really hope so D:
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:O I cannot believe that! Jesus, how rude! Do you find sometimes it's easier to be more extroverted when you've got someone else there who you know? I know when confronted with people I don't know I tend to completely clamp up, but if there's at least one person there who I know I find I'm a bit more able to act naturally and not feel so tense. Of course, I guess you can't rely on that, but it can be a good way of easing into more natural conversation with strangers. idk though, I have yet to find a way to just relax in these situations, short of forcing myself to confront them repeatedly until the fear/awkwardness wears off - and that's not exactly an appealing undertaking.
Phone calls are terrible, ordering food is terrible, check-out lines are terrible, strangers are terrible, acquaintances are terrible, adults are terrible, parent's friends are terrible, relatives are terrible
Yeah, this is all too true. I don't know why the brain hasn't developed some better coping mechanism for this stuff, it would be nice to just drift around not caring, not living in constant anxiety of people. Wish I could offer better advice, but this is what I still struggling with, no matter what else changes in my life, this fear part seems to remain obnoxiously constant.
Hopefully social situations get easier to navigate at some point, eventually. I really really hope so D: