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If you find yourself making Skype calls to a Mexican psycho-spiritual treatment center to discuss your condition, and then go on a trip there, you do not have "
by wcoenen 5y ago
If you find yourself making Skype calls to a Mexican psycho-spiritual treatment center to discuss your condition, and then go on a trip there, you do not have "debilitating social anxiety".
"debilitating social anxiety" is when you pace through your living room for 15 minutes to work up the courage to make a call to order pizza. And then afterwards, ruminate on every awkward detail in that one minute conversation, forever.
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- antiterra 5y agoI don’t think it helps to gatekeep like this. I can order a pizza and travel to foreign countries alone, but I have nearly been fired for my inability to initiate friendly conversation with leaders of other teams at work. I have agonized for 30 minutes to write three sentences for friendly ‘let’s have coffee’ emails. Maybe that’s not debilitating per se, but with the right timing it could have destroyed my career, ability to afford living expenses etc.
- loves_mangoes 5y ago"debilitating social anxiety" is when you feel that way.
- agency 5y agoThey describe having anxiety attacks on the way to work. That sounds serious by any reasonable definition. Who made you the arbiter of social anxiety?
- jazzyjackson 5y agoPeople have good days and bad days