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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's anxiety inducing. I find it like this when I think too much about the conversation, and have to force myself to stop analyzing every possible scenario.

That works until I say something stupid and decide I should be overanalyzing.

It's a weird catch 22

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That works until I say something stupid

There's a way to overcome this. IMO it comes from constant trauma because somehow we have (mis-)understood the others as judging us as stupid. Hence, we continue to be wrongly judgemental about ourselves. ... Until we even fear our own judgement.
I was bullied as a teenager as ostensibly being "slow". So i had learned that i was slow at comprehending. -- Until someone told me that apparently my comprehension is more complex than that of others, so i was constantly processing more information and associations.