2deidara7
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One of the problems with telling people straight off is that a lot of people don't understand what social anxiety is because the term is so often misused' date=' as are a lot of mental illness terms. For example, "He's so cute but my social anxiety is kicking in!", or "It bugs me when my pens aren't straight, I can be so OCD sometimes," and so on. It seems to me that a lot of people don't know exactly what having social anxiety really entails, unless you're in a community (like here) of similar people. This is something to talk about with a therapist or close friends, or someone who is willing to sit down with you and listen to an explanation of what this entails and how they can support you.[/quote']
I get what you're trying to say. They wouldn't be able to sympathize with you or truly understand what you're feeling unless they feel the same way. If you suddenly tell them of your social anxiety, they wouldn't exactly know what to do which could make everything awkward and could make you even more anxious. You made a really good point.