Tag: real life
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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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Social Anxiety and Perfectionism: The Perfect Storm
In today’s society we are brainwashed to believe that we need to be absolutely “perfect” in every way; perfect body, perfect family, perfect education, perfect house, perfect career… perfect life. Anything that doesn’t live up to these expectations is considered “less than”. In a world that focuses all of its energy, time and money on…
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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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EAT THE DAMN CAKE!
Here’s a new 3am thought, eat that damn piece of cake. Have two! Hell… have whole damn thing. Whatever makes you HAPPY. We as a society spend most of our entire life chasing the dream to be healthier, thinner, more muscular, more tan- and the list goes on. Don’t have curly hair but you want…
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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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Caffeine? Anxiety is What Makes Me Jump Out of Bed in the Morning
Fun fact about me- I don’t drink coffee. I have never in my life needed coffee in order to wake up and stay awake. The odd morning maybe, just MAYBE, I will drink green tea (yes, I know, it’s caffeinated) but that’s the closest I’ve gotten. Even then I haven’t felt like I “needed” green…
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What It’s like being a Socially Awkward Mommy: Am I Doing This Right?
It’s Summer 2023, I’m 30+ weeks pregnant and getting extremely nervous about bringing my baby into this world. I’m afraid not only because of the labour (uhm… ow?) but because I worry how my insecurities, anxiety and mental health will affect my child. There’s a lot to be said about mental health and the stigma…
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The Introverted Extrovert-How a Socially Awkward Individual can appear Extroverted to Others
Often times people who are introverted can very easily be mistaken for an extrovert-but how? As it turns out people who are socially anxious or awkward find social gatherings to be exhausting and utterly stressful- I know, you’re shocked aren’t you? So, if someone suffers from social anxiety, then how does one relieve the stress…
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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…
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Why…?
This blog is about the thoughts, opinions and life of a woman, me, who struggles with social anxiety in a world that is built on relationships and self-confidence. Take this journey with me as I get raw and real about what it’s like to navigate life with crippling social anxiety and how it’s impacted me…
The Socially Awkward Normie 