Is This Social Anxiety?
Around most people, I feel like I can't be myself and am incredibly shy and anxious.
It's like I am hyperaware of myself and get scared I am not coming across as interested enough or that I am making a face.
I was always a shy kid, but I feel like the anxiety has just gotten worse and worse.
I used to be able to open up to people but now I pretty much let no one in.
The only person I feel like I can be myself around is my sister.
I also have considered that I may be high functioning autistic.
Is this social anxiety or something else?
@determinedCoconut6743
Being shy can indeed lead to social anxiety.
It can creep in on us.
I'm glad you can be yourself around your sister.
Everyone is in the same boat, they are all trying to find themselves and feel confident in their own skin.
It's important, even through small steps, to not close yourself off completely and you trust in your own worth 💚
