Reading – I Don’t Hate You, I Have Social Anxiety 

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

Interesting description of what it’s like to deal with social anxiety. As a survivor I was never officially diagnosed as having social anxiety but I know that I was extremely shy, fearful of how other people viewed me, and generally avoided most situations that called for a lot of personal interaction. As I healed from the abuse, that fear also went away, but I can recall many of the same things that are written about here.

I Don’t Hate You, I Have Social Anxiety 

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