Personal Narrative: What Makes Me Socially
Have you never had people laugh around you and you immediately think they’re laughing at you? What about counting your money at least 10 times before actually paying, because you don’t want to be in a situation where people might think you’re “stupid”, well I go through this daily. I’m socially anxious and to be honest,this disorder limits me in my everyday life. Being socially anxious makes me miss many opportunities where I could potentially better myself. I have had many opportunities to shine throughout my life, but I didn’t take any of those chances because I lack so much confidence, and I have a huge fear of embarrassment. I think I started feeling this way after 2nd grade. I’m originally from St.Mary’s and I went to school there
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Embarrassment. These words have a bigger meaning to me, than they might have on other people. I don’t like attention, I would rather just be by myself, because when I'm the center of attention I feel like my world is crashing around me. It's a sad thing to go through and it does limit me in my life but I try to work through it. I notice that I get the most anxious outside of school, rather than in school. I only get anxious in school when I have to present something or do some other form of public speaking. Teachers say that we shouldn’t be afraid to be in front of the people we’ve been going to school with for years, but the thing is I am. Yes I've been going to school with these people for going on six years, but believe it or not my peers can be very obnoxious, and rude. I hate to say it but it's true, and just because we've been together for along time it doesn't mean we all get along and support each other. The same logic is present in the “real world”. Not everybody gets along with each other, and it doesn't even have to be anybody's fault it's just apart of human nature.
Social Anxiety is real. Everybody has a little bit of it, even the most confident people. But, because people have it, it doesn't mean we are different from everybody else. It just means we are a little bit more cautious. In conclusion, basically my point throughout the entire paper was basically it's okay to have social anxiety you just have to overcome it and not let it run your life, even though me myself I haven't figured out how to completely rid myself of the disorder, I'm trying and that's all that
Embarrassment. These words have a bigger meaning to me, than they might have on other people. I don’t like attention, I would rather just be by myself, because when I'm the center of attention I feel like my world is crashing around me. It's a sad thing to go through and it does limit me in my life but I try to work through it. I notice that I get the most anxious outside of school, rather than in school. I only get anxious in school when I have to present something or do some other form of public speaking. Teachers say that we shouldn’t be afraid to be in front of the people we’ve been going to school with for years, but the thing is I am. Yes I've been going to school with these people for going on six years, but believe it or not my peers can be very obnoxious, and rude. I hate to say it but it's true, and just because we've been together for along time it doesn't mean we all get along and support each other. The same logic is present in the “real world”. Not everybody gets along with each other, and it doesn't even have to be anybody's fault it's just apart of human nature.
Social Anxiety is real. Everybody has a little bit of it, even the most confident people. But, because people have it, it doesn't mean we are different from everybody else. It just means we are a little bit more cautious. In conclusion, basically my point throughout the entire paper was basically it's okay to have social anxiety you just have to overcome it and not let it run your life, even though me myself I haven't figured out how to completely rid myself of the disorder, I'm trying and that's all that