02/12/2025
Social Phobia 😬
I done something massive at the Gym today- I was so proud of myself.
If you've never experienced Social phobia or that panic you can feel around people then you absolutely won't get this, so scroll on.
But if you have, you may just resonate with this.
I was diagnosed with Social Phobia at 17. Fast forward YEARS of therapy I now no longer class myself as anxious or with social phobia.
👥 I can talk to multiple people
👀 I can look people in the eye
👩🏫 And I can speak to groups and individuals
But today at the gym I had a situation. It's a small friendly gym where people say hello and goodbye. To cut a long post shorter, I had to call out in front of the whole gym with multiple people "GOODBYE" or I was going to look rude.
I didn't panic, no heart rate increase or sweatiness ( apart from my work out sweat) but I did do a few extra stretches while I realised I had to do it! 😳
But I sucked it up and shouted, yes, shouted 😜 , "GOODBYE EVERYONE".
The old me would NEVER have been able to do that, especially with people I didn't know in the gym and while people were talking.
Who was I to speak, let alone interrupt people! And what if they ignored me.
But it just goes to show, even if you've done the work, you still have to make the effort to break those old habits.
Grateful to be where I am now 🙏
