Socialanxiety

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The Feedback Loop OF DOOOOOM (self.socialanxiety)

submitted 1 year ago by CannaVet to c/[email protected]

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I'm retired early at 35 and haven't worked since before I was 30 (injured veteran.) While limited, I had a fairly functional external life pre-rona but since then my ex I was with for a decade left at the end of the pandemic and I hadn't been around anyone else my people muscle has atrophied.

I'm bad with people because I'm not around people much, but I'm not around people much because I'm bad with people. I'm bad with people because I'm not around people muchbecauseI'mbadwithpeoplebecauseI'mnotaroundpeoplemuchbecauseI'mbadwithpeople^becauseI'mnotaroundpeoplemuchbecauseI'mbadwithpeople^

AHHHHHHHHHH

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[–] CannaVet 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I mean really I go the store and doctor and shit (mostly) fine I just can't talk to people "in the wild" lol

[–] Lemmylefty 3 points 1 year ago

What about it is most concerning?

Do you worry you have nothing of interest to say? Do you think you just “come off as weird”? Do you struggle to keep up with conversations that happen in realtime? Do you think people hate you?

If it’s some combination, what leads you to that conclusion?