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I was diagnosed with social anxiety; I refuse to take medicine or do Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
I have been working on solving this myself.
I’ve already learned not to care what other people think of you but what I’m stuck on is the fear that something I do will ruin someone’s day. Living with social anxiety since I was 6, I’m well aware how easy it is for a social interaction to make or break someone’s day.
I can’t completely stop worrying about hurting someone on accident because it would be rude but how do I completely get over my social anxiety?
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That's what therapy is for. To talk your problems out. Or you could look into churches who do inner healing with people's emotions.
ReplyYou should try believing that it is ok to be who you are, and let other people do their own thing. You can only love them, but you also have to love yourself!!! I doubt you’re hurting anyone, and if it scares you so much, maybe do it just once- so you know what it’s really like. So you can see that your worst can be overcome by your compassion. Idk if this is good advice or bad, but I just want you to know that I believe in you!!
With good intentions,
A stranger
I know exactly how you feel upsettingly. Something I would do to help try to lessen this thought is to understand that everyone makes mistakes and that yes there is a chance you could ruin someone's day but nobody is perfect and "I am sorry" is okay to say for something you clearly don't attend on doing. It is not easy to lessen someones overthinking about this but I think over time if you feel okay with doing so I would let your friends know how big of a struggle it is for you for starters and have them understand that you truly care and never intend on ruining someone's day. You got this, I believe in you.
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