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Well, I'm on the fence here. I get by, and pretty well, for the most part. Sometimes the anxiety helps to get a little adrenalin going and I perform better. The jokes come, people laugh, I relax. When there's no outlet anxiety is draining.
This "social anxiety" may just be a component of our survival instinct. Checking out situations, a little bit of paranoia, the need to know our outs or exits in a situation, etc.
Some of us just carry it to an extreme. Admittedly, my fear of being seen in my yard, is almost comedic. I can usually get over it and get on with life. I'm probably on the lucky end of the spectrum though....
I'm starting a whole new chain of thought about these things, but I'll have to get my notes together and maybe start a new thread.......
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bill hicks - "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out."
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