What Social Anxiety May Sometimes Look Like

[joleengold]

Social anxiety is terrible. You're afraid to do something stupid and then you do something stupid because you're afraid to to do something stupid.

[k]

It feels lonely and hurtful having aniexty because you wish you could be normal like everybody else but it so hard

[zebradove]

High school is the worst place to have social anxiety

[chelly]

I’m honestly terrified of being judged by others for the way I do things, even the way I talk and walk and stuff it’s really hard on my social life 💀💀

[meihoshi]

I absolutely hate eating in front of people. I tend to cover my mouth a lot while eating, even around family

[adoseoflovely]

Thanks for this ♥️ a lot of people don’t understand how Social anxiety can affect the smallest things. Currently trying to find ways around it.

[RebekahMunro-yenk]

I always go on my phone so no one approaches me, it always felt like the easiest thing to do.

[sergioperez-dgyd]

Yes finally someone that understands what social anxiety look like

[tusharpandey]

I just don't wanna die alone and unnoticed.

[an]

In highschool (which was just community college for me) i ate lunch in the bathroom becausei was so scared of people seeing me eat. And i would sometimes stay in the stall for a long ass time, hours between classes, with my earbuds in just vibin cause i couldn't deal w being out there 😶

[AwesomeDadla]

My wife suffers from this but also has body dismorphia it at same time it's awful it runs her life. We have never been for a meal together or cinema or holiday. Or weekend breaks with me and our daughter. She is a very lovely looking woman to but she don't think so. We have no family photos because she don't want her picture taken. It's very hard to live this way but I love her with all my ❤ and will stick by her till I die. Its sad to see her go through this it tears my soul apart I wish I could take it away from but can't. We are trying to get help for this but not much has improved 😢 but I still love her no matter what it throws at us

[advocateforthestars]

My social anxiety also includes when someone doesn't text back after I text I feel like I did something wrong or I feel like I text to much 😭 I'm just lonely

[MaciasM]

I suffer from this, i often feel whatever comes out of my mouth will be judged and people will have a different perspective about me.

[Kavrina-hf]

The phone one was so true
You want to act distracted but you cannot prevent yourself from seeing the people who walk by you because you want to know if they laugh about you if they talk about you or if they have the intention to approach you

[Yesitssoup]

It’s hard to sleep if you have Social anxiety because when you say something embarrassing you think about it overnight and you cannot sleep

[zanduop]

It's stressful seeing ppl doing all those things casually around you while you're stuck in these traits not able to find an outlet . :-|

[monstrousdream]

So accurate. I barely eat in public in my four years of high school because of it and I lost weight.

[irishou]

Thank you for sharing your insecurities and normalizing this. I always thought I was a weirdo that was alone in feeling like this

[Sunnylemon-mgrx]

Social anxiety is absolutely terrible.I wish i never had social anxiety im always afraid of doing something and my classmates and teachers always say why are so quiet? You're always lonely and quiet!I just wanna scream😭

[fatherlucid]

Sometimes I like to pick a specific spot to go to and just sit down and not move when there’s people around. And even then it doesn’t help but it’s the best coping mechanism I have on days I feel that way. Sometimes I can be the one directing attention to myself and be extremely confident and talking to everyone and then other times I’m like this. Weird shit