I’ll go first (since i forgot to add mine in the post) I dislike it very much when someone thinks they can “cure” my shyness/anxiety by putting a spotlight on me or putting me in a cringy situation. It just makes me wish the earth would swallow me whole.

“You don’t seem like an introvert!”

“but you’re always so good at talking to others!”

Thanks, it took several public speaking and performance classes, an institutionalized-isolation style leadership seminar, 20 years of public speaking and livestreaming, a degree in psychology, and countless books on self actualization, positivity training, etc. to be able to hide it and keep it from negatively effecting my life most days.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll be sitting alone in my room. Tell my wife I said, “Hello.”

First when someone tells me everything is fine mid panic attack… noitsnotfuckingfine.jpg

From the other side…. That it can’t get better. It’s hard and it takes a lot of work but does get better!