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Let's Bust Myths: What Misconceptions About Social Anxiety Do You Encounter? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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I think we all had these annoying situations where an uninformed people doesn't know what they are talking about. Do you have any particular one that grinds your gears?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I lived for a long time with other students in a shared house we rented. Did not talk about my social anxiety much but it came up once or twice.

The comment I always got was "But you are not bad at socializing!", so I guess a common misconception is that people with social anxiety might be bad at it. But that is separate from the issue. Might be that we have not gotten as much training due to avoiding social interaction. But if I'm with people like my roommates, that I have extensively gotten used to, I don't feel the anxiety and it does not hinder me.