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Lads, social anxiety is f------ b-------. It's literally just your brain being overly dramatic and telling you lies about yourself. (self.ireland) submitted 14 hours ago by no_woman_no_fry It just dawned on me this morning how much I've changed in the past five years, and I'm kind of annoyed that I spent so much time in my twenties needlessly worrying about stupid s--- because of anxiety. I'm posting this here because I know for a fact that there are a few people on this sub who are currently going through the same s--- that I used to go through. Dreading social interactions, clamming up when a stranger made small talk - worrying to myself in line at the supermarket because I'd have to chat to Mary at the checkout and there'd be strangers eyeballing me and judging me intently as I fumbled with my bags. All stupid s---- that sounds absolutely ridiculous in hindsight. Nobody actually gives a f---, to be honest. They're all too concerned about their own lives to be judging you as intently as you think they are. You could literally slap off the floor in front of me and I'd forget about it 2 minutes later. You're there, mortified with yourself and thinking that I'm laughing about it and replaying your fall in my head when really my mind has already moved onto wondering if it's too late in the day to get a breakfast roll or not. Nobody is judging you as much as you are judging yourself, so relax and learn to be OK with making mistakes. Nowadays, I chair meetings with coworkers and strangers alike and it doesn't even bother me if I mispronounce a word or f--- up in front of everyone. If that was five or six years ago, they'd have to call an ambulance. As for how I changed: I forced myself to do the things that I didn't want to do. I started off small and gradually, after each small triumph, my brain started to realise that is was worrying about stupid s----- things that it didn't need to worry about. You'll have times where you fail and that's OK. Progress rarely goes in a straight upwards line. Just be kinder to yourself lads. We all f--- up. People might even laugh and give you a bit of a jeer if you f--- up in a social setting, but that's alright - they receive the same reaction when they f--- up and most of the time it's just harmless banter. Just brush yourself off and keep going. Nobody cares as much as you think they do. Edit: Jesus Christ, there are a lot of people putting words in my mouth and pretending like I said something that I didn't. Feels like they've half-read the post or are trying to shoehorn semi-related views into the conversation. 1. When I said that social anxiety is "b-------", I didn't mean that I don't think it exists. I meant that by its very nature, it is b-------. i.e. It lies and it fills your mind with b-------. 2. I never said that being aware of this is a cure. I even pointed out exactly what I did to overcome it. I didn't overcome it by realising that "anxiety is b-------." It actually took a lot of self-effort over a period of two years. 3. I never once said that it is easy to get over anxiety. 4. This post has absolutely nothing to do with depression. 5. This post is specifically talking about social anxiety. I am aware that are other types of anxiety and that they require medical intervention. However, I repeat, this is specifically about social anxiety, not GAD or panic disorder or OCD or anything else.

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Lads, social anxiety is f------ b-------. It's literally just your brain being overly dramatic and telling you lies about yourself. (self.ireland) submitted 14 hours ago by no_woman_no_fry It just dawned on me this morning how much I've changed in the past five years, and I'm kind of annoyed that I spent so much time in my twenties needlessly worrying about stupid s--- because of anxiety. I'm posting this here because I know for a fact that there are a few people on this sub who are currently going through the same s--- that I used to go through. Dreading social interactions, clamming up when a stranger made small talk - worrying to myself in line at the supermarket because I'd have to chat to Mary at the checkout and there'd be strangers eyeballing me and judging me intently as I fumbled with my bags. All stupid s---- that sounds absolutely ridiculous in hindsight. Nobody actually gives a f---, to be honest. They're all too concerned about their own lives to be judging you as intently as you think they are. You could literally slap off the floor in front of me and I'd forget about it 2 minutes later. You're there, mortified with yourself and thinking that I'm laughing about it and replaying your fall in my head when really my mind has already moved onto wondering if it's too late in the day to get a breakfast roll or not. Nobody is judging you as much as you are judging yourself, so relax and learn to be OK with making mistakes. Nowadays, I chair meetings with coworkers and strangers alike and it doesn't even bother me if I mispronounce a word or f--- up in front of everyone. If that was five or six years ago, they'd have to call an ambulance. As for how I changed: I forced myself to do the things that I didn't want to do. I started off small and gradually, after each small triumph, my brain started to realise that is was worrying about stupid s----- things that it didn't need to worry about. You'll have times where you fail and that's OK. Progress rarely goes in a straight upwards line. Just be kinder to yourself lads. We all f--- up. People might even laugh and give you a bit of a jeer if you f--- up in a social setting, but that's alright - they receive the same reaction when they f--- up and most of the time it's just harmless banter. Just brush yourself off and keep going. Nobody cares as much as you think they do. Edit: Jesus Christ, there are a lot of people putting words in my mouth and pretending like I said something that I didn't. Feels like they've half-read the post or are trying to shoehorn semi-related views into the conversation. 1. When I said that social anxiety is "b-------", I didn't mean that I don't think it exists. I meant that by its very nature, it is b-------. i.e. It lies and it fills your mind with b-------. 2. I never said that being aware of this is a cure. I even pointed out exactly what I did to overcome it. I didn't overcome it by realising that "anxiety is b-------." It actually took a lot of self-effort over a period of two years. 3. I never once said that it is easy to get over anxiety. 4. This post has absolutely nothing to do with depression. 5. This post is specifically talking about social anxiety. I am aware that are other types of anxiety and that they require medical intervention. However, I repeat, this is specifically about social anxiety, not GAD or panic disorder or OCD or anything else.

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