Tag: Emotions
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Understanding Social Anxiety: A Personal Journey
Social Anxiety through the eyes of me, The Socially Awkward Normie. I never liked being the centre of attention. I hated when all eyes were on me and my presence was noticed by others. In high school, I used to throw in my headphones, turn on my iPod and quickly walk from class to class…
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Why We Need to Revamp the “Man Up” Mentality
Social anxiety knows no age, no gender, no race, no sex. It likes to prey on the weak, the vulnerable, the lonely, and the insecure. It will tell you you’re not good enough and make you fear being inadequate around friends, family and the people you meet throughout your day-to-day activities. All of these feelings…
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The To Do List- Anxiety and Depression’s Body Paralyzing Task Manager
Some people thrive in organization, daily planners and to do lists. Others thrive in the chaos of throwing yourself to the wind- whatever happens, happens. When you have anxiety and/or depression, you can be caught between both worlds, being pulled in very different directions for very different reasons. On one hand, making a to do…
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Progress- The Emotionally Discouraging Roller Coaster Everyone is Riding
Everyone at one time or another has tried to work on something- whether it was to better themselves, perfect a skill, or work on a goal. The best part of working on these things is seeing the progress that you make throughout the journey. Seeing all of those little reassurances that what you’re doing is…
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You Can’t Define Me.
*You Can’t Define Me.* I once read an opinion piece that stated being “socially awkward” meant that you were confident in social settings but lacked the knowledge of being able to pick up on social “queues”. This meant that often times you would be rude, condescending, selfish, narcissistic and were unable to understand people’s body…
The Socially Awkward Normie 