Socialanxiety

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A safe space for people to discuss their experiences, feelings and thoughts on social anxiety and socialphobia.

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Weekly Anti-Social Meet-Up. General Megathread (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello you beautiful people. I want to start this little experiment where i will pin a megathread each week for talking about your week, share small victories, or discuss your goals for the next week. There are no topic rules to this, any kind of small talk is welcome. :) I figured since some of us might lack a space to share about their daily life, maybe we can use such a place here.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It's my third week of summer vacation and haven't really left the house that much other than walking the dog and some planned activities. Mostly just me and my husband together but I'm noticing I'm kinda getting fed up with just being around one person 24/7. (i love him don't get me wrong but everything in moderation)

I'm just finding myself more and more thinking about if I had friends who lived closer, it'd be great to just hit them up and go for a coffee or something. All of my close friends I'm comfortable asking to hang out on short notice live so far that it requires planing days, if not weeks, ahead to hang out.

Haven't made a single friend on my own since moving to this town 4 years ago, it's so difficult.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i might aswell go first again. this week was a rather rough one for me. work really wore me out and made me want to crawl back into my cave. but at the same time i found some passion in three new projects. one is an art project i procrastinated on for years now ^^" the second on is a little pokemon battle simulation i am creating (im learing to code and its fun so far) and the third one is this very community. i am so delighted to see that this place is useful for many people. next week i want to focus more on working on these two project. and in general take greater care in self care. sometimes i tend to forget to do nice things for myself. so i actively plan for a bath and some nice food ^^ its important to take a step back now and then and check on how i am actually doing since in the stress of life i sometimes oversee problems. ngl, i somewhat wanted to make these megathreads for selfish reasons lol. but maybe someone else will have an interest to share :3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I appreciate your work on this community, sometimes it can feel a little daunting to reply. Keep up the good work, as kbin and Lemmy grow, so will this community I'm sure. And it sounds like you had a stressful week, so good for you that you can enjoy some of your hobbies and practice self-care. I think that's one of the most important things we should strive to do: respect and love ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

thank you for that comment. i am trying. communities like this have helped me a lot in the past and i am just happy to be able to give back with relatively low effort. while i know alot about anxiety i know little about moderating online. its my first time, and i am a bit unsure where i am overshooting or underperforming. it is a learning process for me aswell, and we will see what works best. on a related note, i always apprechiate any kind of feedback.

i agree that it can be daunting to post or comment. i certainly dont want anyone to feel pushed. but i want everyone to feel invited if they want to share something. i think and hope we have a community here that is welcoming and not judgeing, to whoever needs it. if noone needs it, that would honestly make me happy ^^ but realistically the modern life is such a catalyst for mental health issues its sad. and all we humans can do is be there for each other, understand, and support.

and finally i wholeheartly agree. selflove is so important, and way to little teached. you also take care of yourself :)