Those who do not experience it cannot fully understand Life becomes a struggle, living is an extra challenge Everyone becomes nervous, everyone experiences shyness But not everyone knows the phobia of socialization
Being around others quickly becomes exhausting Meeting many new people can be painful Our minds are overworked through simple conversation Our thoughts cannot leave how we appear, or how we are seen
The worst is that we see it, We see how miserable we make ourselves And how much we wish we were like someone else
We wish we could eat in a public restaurant, not have to wait to go home to use the bathroom, to walk into a crowded room, attend the party everyone's going to, instead of arranging a pity part for one
We need you to know that we do not refuse to do things with you because we don't like you, We deny ourselves your company because: she will be there we woke up and felt bloated today our hair doesn't look that nice today he's there and I think he likes me Because the way that place is laid out forces everyone to look at the entrance when the doors open and I can't handle all the eyes judging me until my face is red causing people to ask me whats wrong which is when I become upset because everywhere I go someone asks me whats wrong so then I shy away hoping to be someone else which makes me look stuck up not shy Then we'll need to sit and your going to want to sit with your friends whom I do not know well enough to sit with for an hour while they talk to you occasionally asking me questions that I answer oddly and again become red making everything weirder than it is Making them pity me and I hate their pity
Even writing this I cringe, because IΒ Β hate being this girl.
I have been working with anxiety for a while now and it is nowhere near as bad as it was. however I still remember those feelings and wanted to get them out. As well I want everyone struggling with anxiety to know that you do not have to live with this hatred, I know that everyday is a roller-coaster, but it doesn't have to be. I've come a long way, and so can you.