how do u guys handle it...

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I try to do stuff to occupy myself, like learning... but it isn't really working cause I know that I'm gonna have to socialize...that jobs and everything will require it, having a family would... I'm almost 17. :D
 
Harleyq

Harleyq

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Not too late to start. You've gotta start putting yourself out there. One thing that helped me a lot was getting a hospitality job - I began waiting tables at age 18. Serving forces you to socialize or you're not going to make any money (Idk where you are or how server wages work, but most servers here only make 2 or 3 bucks an hour). It hasn't cured me or anything, but it's made basic interaction a lot easier for me. That job helped me to communicate to cashiers/customer service workers, school mates, teachers, I've learned to look people in the face and smile instead of looking down all the time.

I know this sounds horrible, but even the bad customers helped me out because they would essentially piss me off so badly that I'd be like "**** IT!" and then when I talked to them, I wasn't nervous because I was too busy complaining to myself about what douchebags they were. It helped me realize that some people aren't even worth getting anxious over.
 
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Harleyq said:
Not too late to start. You've gotta start putting yourself out there. One thing that helped me a lot was getting a hospitality job - I began waiting tables at age 18. Serving forces you to socialize or you're not going to make any money (Idk where you are or how server wages work, but most servers here only make 2 or 3 bucks an hour). It hasn't cured me or anything, but it's made basic interaction a lot easier for me. That job helped me to communicate to cashiers/customer service workers, school mates, teachers, I've learned to look people in the face and smile instead of looking down all the time.

I know this sounds horrible, but even the bad customers helped me out because they would essentially piss me off so badly that I'd be like "**** IT!" and then when I talked to them, I wasn't nervous because I was too busy complaining to myself about what douchebags they were. It helped me realize that some people aren't even worth getting anxious over.
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"some people aren't worth getting anxious over!!!!!" true!!! so true!!!! my doc said that someday u'll just get pissed at the world and say I don't give a f.u.c.k., but I doubt it, don't really know... I do expose myself...
 
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chained said:
"some people aren't worth getting anxious over!!!!!" true!!! so true!!!! my doc said that someday u'll just get pissed at the world and say I don't give a f.u.c.k., but I doubt it, don't really know... I do expose myself...
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Yeah friend you will I think it is sort of like the break through thing in
"exposure therapy". That is how I see it anyway.
 
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