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I just had my first interaction So I’m 19 with a mild stutter and severe social anxiety, I have lived in constant avoidance my whole life where i have always been relying on my mom to get stuff done for me (that has anything to do with speaking) such as talking to customer service, calls etc Today for the first time I decided to take my therapists advice about exposure therapy and go get stuff done myself. I was at the bank today talking to the lady who works there, honestly I didnt say much but it didn’t go as bad as i expected, mind you this is my first time ever interacting with a human being as in one-to-one (other than my close family and 2 friends). There was a time where I felt like she was holding back her laugh because of how anxious I seemed, that feeling of embarassement definitely did make it worse but I was still kind of proud of myself for going myself instead of asking my mom to get it done despite having that anxiety and fear. Do you guys have any advice on interacting with people while having social anxiety? Iwould highly appreciate it