My social anxiety is annoying because it’s so bad I can’t really hold friendships but whenever a complete stranger needs help it temporarily suspends
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I'm getting better at making friends and being social but it's still a lot of mental energy sometimes
jul 7, 2025, 8:26 pm • 0 0 • view
I totally understand that. I have witnessed auto accidents. Have been first there. Offer help. When it's all over, blood pressure drops, and I pass out.
jul 7, 2025, 7:33 pm • 1 0 • view
I can’t even imagine ❤️
jul 7, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view
🫂
jul 7, 2025, 6:57 pm • 0 0 • view
treat everyone like complete strangers!
jul 8, 2025, 6:58 pm • 1 0 • view
Ditto. I'll step in and bellow/put hands on people to stop a fight in a public space between people I've never met, but can barely walk up to a counter and order a coffee.
jul 8, 2025, 1:52 am • 0 0 • view
Speaking up in a book club I’ve been to 7 times? Fuck that. Talk a random guy through filling out his passport application for 15 minutes? Absolutely!
jul 7, 2025, 7:04 pm • 2 0 • view
I’m your friend from a distance, buddy. autism to autism
jul 7, 2025, 6:56 pm • 1 0 • view
I was in the pool last week and a baby fell in, the lifeguard was trying to get her out by using some kind of pole instead of jumping in?? So I asked the parent if I could just jump in and get her baby for her, which I did. It’s just funny because in normal situations talking to a stranger is SCARY
jul 7, 2025, 6:59 pm • 69 0 • view
Oh I can get like that too. I got stpd so I've got the added boost of schizospec to my social issues but I've gotten better at pushing through some interactions with enough therapy but all my fears shift into help mode if someone needs it cause I get paranoid that help won't come if I don't. Trauma!
jul 7, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
Adrenaline is one hell of a drug
jul 7, 2025, 7:18 pm • 2 0 • view
This happens to me too like I'll offer random people help, then immediately try to escape once I'm done. Meanwhile I will try to move heaven and earth to avoid helping anyone I know move
jul 7, 2025, 8:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Whenever I go near people just to say hello it’s like my brain tells me “don’t go near cuz you will embarrass them and they’ll dislike you”
jul 8, 2025, 7:17 pm • 0 0 • view
the number of times i've met someone and done something together, then just never manage to follow up because i'm afraid is way too high. doesn't help barely keeping up with random speech from a stranger means you just miss their name and wait for someone to say it again. agh
jul 7, 2025, 9:57 pm • 0 0 • view