Do you have social anxiety?, how do you deal with it

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how did you overcome social anxiety, and become more confident etc.

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  • Somenormie
    2 years ago

    Yes, unfortunately yes I always see myself shying away from everyone in the real world.

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  • litelander8
    2 years ago

    I feel like young people are quick to blame their antisocial behavior on anxiety. Really it stems from the obsession with being validated online.

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    • bbrown95
      2 years ago

      I think you have a very good point with this. Many of the people I know with severe social anxiety are very antisocial and hate leaving the house, and would live their entire lives from behind a screen if possible. I have a friend like this, and when I've offered to help them meet more people, there is always an excuse to stay home, play video games, spend hours on social media, or just do the exact same things they always do with no variation. I think they're too scared to face reality in a lot of cases.

      I used to be extremely shy, awkward, and unconfident and really, the only way to fix it was to actually face my fears and talk to people. The more I did that, the more comfortable I got.

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      • 1WeirdGuy
        2 years ago

        What do yall mean by the awkwardness stems from wanting to be validated online? Its an interesting point

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        • bbrown95
          2 years ago

          I think largely, people who look for validation online tend to be very unconfident/insecure and maybe lack validation and socialization from their peers/IRL, and I think social anxiety and antisocial behavior tend to stem from people spending way too much time online and a lack of in person interaction. This in turn, can cause them to be socially awkward since in person interaction intimidates them and they don't have as much experience with it as someone who regularly talks to people IRL.

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  • LloydAsher
    2 years ago

    Faked it until I made it. The military helped as well, I suppose life experience helped me as well.

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  • girlinadarkcorner
    2 years ago

    I used to struggle with social anxiety a lot but I pushed myself to try to socialize with people in public more and more and i've pretty much overcome it now. Try just taking snall steps like making small talk with people when you go to buy groceries or get food, even just asking a cashier something like "how is your day going?" and going from there. Eventually it will start to get easier as you talk to strangers more and get more comfortable just making simple conversation with people.

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  • Curiouskitten444
    2 years ago

    I ask people questions. It breaks the ice and people love talking about themselves.

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  • Tommythecaty
    2 years ago

    By sharpening the claw of course, of course.

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  • adobeslats
    2 years ago

    Yeah but it’s gotten a lot better as I got older & started caring less what people think of me. “Make confidence your bitch”

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  • ThatOneGuyYouNeverWantToMeet
    2 years ago

    Don't know if it's social anxiety or not but I get angry when i'm in public around more then 30+ people, so I just stay at home most of the time.

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