As Someone With Social Anxiety Here Are A Few Things I’m Anxious About
The public sphere is a formidable minefield for those with social anxiety.
The world is a different place to different people. While we share the same physical space, each one of us mentally resides in a world of our own. On the surface, we might do similar jobs and come from places with similar upbringings due to traditional, religious, and cultural codes of conduct. But on a micro level, we all differ in the way we see and perceive the world around us due to variables including, but not limited to race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, the kind of city we live in, upbringing, lifestyle, financial status, mental and emotional status, childhood or adulthood trauma, the people who we live with, the people who we work and socialize with, and so on and so forth. And it would be wise to say that no two people perceive the world the same way.
Due to these differences and our personal cumulative experiences, some of us carry ourselves around with a heightened sense of awareness and perception of the world.
I’ve read tons of articles here on Medium where writers with social anxiety have no qualms dissecting the various problems they face while executing certain tasks out in full public view. I derive my confidence from some of these writers while reading some of their…
