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- Jan 22, 2019
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Recognizing my social anxiety.
Just being in the same room as another person triggers my awareness of them and my need to acknowledge them in my actions and behavior, with an aim to be pleasing and to leave the person better off.
Normal social interaction is tiring. Probably due to my anxiety and go-getter'ishness, I am often either highly engaged or completely on the sidelines, either of which is even more tiring than a simple one-on-one interaction.
After recognizing my anxiety as such, I am more conscious and deliberate about taking significant breaks from social interaction to preempt fatigue (and prevent the situational depression I've experienced whenever my fatigue has crossed a breaking point, as it is followed by a period of suicidal ideation). It is nice to be able to deal with the cause of my depression experience rather than just the symptoms.
Just being in the same room as another person triggers my awareness of them and my need to acknowledge them in my actions and behavior, with an aim to be pleasing and to leave the person better off.
Normal social interaction is tiring. Probably due to my anxiety and go-getter'ishness, I am often either highly engaged or completely on the sidelines, either of which is even more tiring than a simple one-on-one interaction.
After recognizing my anxiety as such, I am more conscious and deliberate about taking significant breaks from social interaction to preempt fatigue (and prevent the situational depression I've experienced whenever my fatigue has crossed a breaking point, as it is followed by a period of suicidal ideation). It is nice to be able to deal with the cause of my depression experience rather than just the symptoms.
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