Judgement
People with social anxiety have a severe fear of social situations, being watched, judged or criticized. That kind of fear is so debilitating because it inhibits us from venturing out into the real world. Our homes and bedrooms or our best friends house are our safe zones. There are too many unknown variables outside of those zones and we don't like the unknown. For some of us, the outside world is like the deep blue depths of the sea. The driving force for staying in our safe zone is JUDGEMENT. I told my therapist once they if feels like I'm a bug under a microscope. I feel like I'm constantly being judged for how I look, how I talk, how I walk, what I'm wearing. If my teeth aren't white enough. If I laugh weird. If my feet are too big. Or too small. If I'm not skinny enough or am I too fat. The list goes on and on and on. I'm constantly saying these things to myself. If I'm out in public and someone s...