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I'm curious why you feel this way. If we could find ways to make people with social anxiety more comfortable, why shouldn't we try to accommodate them?
by socialismisok 4y ago
I'm curious why you feel this way. If we could find ways to make people with social anxiety more comfortable, why shouldn't we try to accommodate them?
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoAnxiety comes from within. You cannot reorganize all of reality to be perfectly comfortable to you specifically, because reality is shared with others. Your safe space is a cost for everyone else. Fix your own head. It's more efficient.
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- socialismisok 4y agoIf only it were so simple. We make adjustments for people with all manner of neuroatypical behaviors. While it may feel like we should be able to just "fix" a mental health issue, sometimes it's not so simple. I'd prefer to live in a world where we support people in finding coping skills to work through their own anxieties AND we recognized some humans will always be outliers who would benefit from some affordances. We can do both.
- funstuff007 4y agoIt comes down to cost, and what costs society's are currently and consistently willing to bear. Would ADA laws have so much force if FDR were able bodied?
- dmix 4y agoThe cost that should be factored in is the people who seek external validation to feel happy with never be satisfied with just the first thing. They'll be constantly seeking new external places to become content again once the initial emotional wave passes.
- bequanna 4y agoI have what was once pretty serious social anxiety which is why I chose that example. I view it as MY challenge, not everyone else’s. Your emotions aren’t just these immutable, uncontrollable things that happen to you. Discomfort very often is a signal that YOU need to make some internal change and grow as a person. It doesn’t mean that the world needs more bubble wrap so you feel safe.