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internetkenny
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Every time I go in the right direction socially I get all this anxiety and mess it all up
Anxiety Support / by internetkenny
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 January 6th, 2023
...See more I was in this situation for a long time during covid where I lost a lot of social skills. I really want to recover and feel confident again, but every time I go out of my way or stick out socially I get tons and tons of anxiety. Its so hard becuase I know the only way I will feel good about myself socially is if I stick out and go out of my way to say things, and not just say the bare minimum to get by at all times. I need to regain my social skills and there isn't really any easy way of doing that without taking risks and just saying things, even when other people aren't. So that is what i have been trying to do, taking the risk of going out of my way to say things, but every time I go out of my comfortable space, I get sooo much anxiety and want to get out of the situation as much as possible, which looks really weird to the person I am talking to. Like Im literally the person coming up to them and then act like I really have no interest in talking to them, it sucks cause I do but like I am just super uncomfortable. I am in a weird situation cause I feel like Im not really an introvert, I feel like my self worth is made up of how people perceive me which is kind of an extroverted thing, and I used to be pretty extroverted, I've just lost a lot of the skills and really don't like feeling so awkward in social situations. Is there anything strategies or ways of getting around this? This is really messing with me, like I really need to raise my self esteem cause it isn't doing well. Thanks.
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