Would anyone try this?

[deleted #89]

This is taken from another site:

" I had social anxiety as a teenager. I wouldn't go up to a buffet by myself because people might "look" at me. Wouldn't go to public bathrooms alone. I wouldn't even pump my own gas. I'd rather run out of gas in the middle of a desert than pump my own gas. Then I saw a therapist and she gave me a task. Wear a band aid somewhere people can see it and go out in public to see how it feels. I didn't try it until later on. In my rendition I put a big sticker on my forehead and walked around. It was exciting because I KNEW what people would be thinking and I KNEW people would be looking at me. And you know what? Everybody looked ad smiled at me and nobody even told me I had a sticker on my forehead. haha. It was sooo hard not to laugh."

I think it actually could desensitize the person...Ill maybe try it.

 

[razzle dazzle rose]

That sounds awesome. I imagine it'd be one of those big yellow smiley face stickers. Or maybe a kitty sticker for me. Try it and let us know how it goes!

 

[Silatuyok]

Haha. That's a funny idea. Sometimes I wonder why people are looking at me and smiling, then I remember that I'm wearing one of my funny looking hats with a dragon face or cat ears or something. It wasn't always easy to wear them at first, but now it just feels normal to me. (though I still get self-conscious about it at times!)

 

[OceanMist]

I'm okay with petty things like people looking at me. What I'm not okay with is talking to people with the intention of small talk or trying to make friends.

 

[9407]

I probably wouldn't, but that's just me.

 

[MsBuzzkillington]

This made me laugh. Sounds fun in theory but I don't know if I could actually pull it off.

I did however wear knee high Halloween sucks to school on Halloween. I thought for sure that people would say something about then or whisper about them but no one did. Slowly learning that no one really cares that much.

 

[vj288]

That sounds like a good idea! I'd be worried about people asking me about the sticker, maybe someday I may try it.

 

[Lea]

People don´t care about you, until you tell them.. it´s mostly just in your head so it should be sorted inside it, not outside .

 

[cowboyup]

This is taken from another site:

" I had social anxiety as a teenager. I wouldn't go up to a buffet by myself because people might "look" at me. Wouldn't go to public bathrooms alone. I wouldn't even pump my own gas. I'd rather run out of gas in the middle of a desert than pump my own gas. Then I saw a therapist and she gave me a task. Wear a band aid somewhere people can see it and go out in public to see how it feels. I didn't try it until later on. In my rendition I put a big sticker on my forehead and walked around. It was exciting because I KNEW what people would be thinking and I KNEW people would be looking at me. And you know what? Everybody looked ad smiled at me and nobody even told me I had a sticker on my forehead. haha. It was sooo hard not to laugh."

I think it actually could desensitize the person...Ill maybe try it.

OK, that made me laugh!
good stuff - hmm I might try it!