How Did I Get Here

Social anxiety level: “mentally rehearsing the word ‘Here!’ over and over before the professor calls your name during roll call”

Social Anxiety level: holding all your money from the moment you walk in the door so when you get in line to pay u don’t have to waste everyone’s time

Social anxiety level: Being done with your test before anyone else but not wanting to get up and walk to the front of class, so you wait until someone else stands up.

Social Anxiety level: Editing the fuck out of everything you say mentally, so that you don’t come off as annoying for saying too much by including unnecessary details no one asked for or care about.

It’s ridiculous that I’ve done these things all my life and never even realized it wasn’t normal

Wait. This isn’t normal?????? Oh....