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  • jagara14

    As someone suffering from social anxiety, my days can be a constant struggle with feeling watched and judged.

    And then someone random takes 7 seconds of their time to make a kind and cheerful remark to me. And the rest of the day is significantly better.

    Be kind, rewind.

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    • Change your internal voice. React only to what is said to you each day and not what you ‘think’ people are ‘thinking’.shapesalad
    • And if people say something negative, remember it’s because they are feeling insecure and are trying to push themselves up by pushing you down.shapesalad
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      :)      spl33nidoru
    • Thanks guys. But you know, it's not that easy :)jagara
    • spl33nidoru amen
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    • Love you jagaYakuZoku
    • let me paraphrase for outofshapesalad... "just be happy, geez"imbecile
    • I get you jag.pango
    • If only we could all be positive like shape. Changing things like that are hard work for so many people. Everyone needs to be more this, that and the next thingIanbolton
    • But I get you’re advocating finding peace with that constant narrative fuelled by doubt and anxietyIanbolton
    • SA is no joke. Mine goes off when my perfectly laid plans go astray. Just this afternoon I was dropping one of the dogs off at the vet. Thought it was..garbage
    • ..going to be a curbside affair, but they shuffled me into a room because the bulldog is problematic. I forgot all of my questions for about half a minute.garbage
    • @shapesalad Your saying approximately what a cognitive behavioral therapist would say. It’s good advice, but it takes work and practice.jagara
    • ^ cbt is hard work, for sureGnash
    • Well once you know the goal, work on it each day. Try to be observant of your thoughts. Give it 6 months to change.shapesalad
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