I just know it's whatever bacteria feeds on chicken nuggets and energy drinks

> Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear

https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2308706120

Self-Leadership in Community Building: Managing internal dialogues and anxieties that arise when creating and managing communities.

Read more https://lttr.ai/AfUKo

Every social event ever.

#indecision #staying #going #socialAnxiety #humor #humour

[short animation of a meter with staying on the left and going on the right, with the word indecision at the top and the indicator moving back and forth]

I’ve recently had to push through my stuff to tackle clutter at home. Simple things like having visitors, or getting tired of putting them off, calls my attention to my challenges. For me I think the ultimate issue is that the idea of having to potentially interact with others while I’m decluttering causes anxiety and derails me. So instead I do it in the middle of the night, like grocery shopping.

@actuallyautistic @actuallyadhd #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ADHD #PDA #clutter #SocialAnxiety

ME: I'm sorry that I disappeared there for a few months.
FRIEND: It's okay. How've you been?
ME: *already disappeared again*

Never make eye contact with someone who looks like a "talker"

I was told there was gonna be no talking involved. But you're talking.

Autistic Minds and the Anxiety Connection #actuallyautistic #anxietyrelief #socialanxiety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcgNsqm2xLM

https://www.europesays.com/uk/45516/ Not everyone who experiences severe trauma develops PTSD. But here’s why many people do. #anxiety #AnxietyU0026Stress #Curious #Health #Just #JustCurious #Literature #medical #MedicalLiteratureU0026Resources #MentalHealth #Negative #Overall #OverallNegative #Point #Psychology #psychotherapy #PTSD #Resources #SEO #SEOWellness #Social #SocialAnxiety #Stress #the #to #ToThePoint #trauma #u0026 #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wellness

I like Reductress & read it weekly, enjoying its often witty combo of #feminism & #satire. Unfortunately i feel they missed the mark a bit here, mocking something that is very real for those of us "enjoying" the universe's "gift/s" of #introversion , #SocialAnxiety, #Depression.

https://reductress.com/post/introvert-requires-48-hours-of-alone-time-to-recover-from-15-minute-conversation/

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Introvert Requires 48 Hours of Alone Time to Recover From 15-Minute Conversation

In a developing story out of a darkened bedroom, 28-year-old Alissa Donahue recently returned home after engaging in a brief 15-minute conversation with a coworker, and has now begun her required 48 hours of alone time.

“The conversation was actually really pleasant,” Alissa told reporters. “Unfortunately, it did drain me so much I needed to lie down immediately when I got home, and then not get up for two and a half hours.”

Alissa said that no matter how pleasant a conversation is, she always needs some time to herself to recover.

“Engaging verbally with another human in general just drops my energy levels to zero,” Alissa explained to reporters. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a brief conversation with a coworker or a high-pressure job interview. Either way, I’m going to need to binge watch 18 episodes of Avatar the Last Airbender afterwards just to get right with myself.”

Sources close to Alissa have described socializing with her as “talking to a rapidly melting snowman” and “experientially similar to overwatering a plant.”

“I love chatting with Alissa,” Alissa’s coworker, Jamie, told reporters. “It’s just hard because I feel like I’m killing her. With every second we spend discussing an episode of a show we both watched this weekend, I feel as if I’m stealing energy from her lifeforce and somehow imbuing it into myself.”

Alissa wanted to make it clear that it wasn’t that she found these types of conversations to be unenjoyable, it was just that she didn’t possess the mental and emotional endurance to sustain them for long periods of time.

“I just need to take frequent breaks,” Alissa said. “We can talk about the show we watched this weekend, but it would be best if we did so in one-minute increments over the course of five weeks.”

As of press time, Alissa had finally recovered from the conversation and decided to re-enter the world. However, she ran into her neighbor as she was leaving her apartment and was forced to return inside for another two hours to recover from that 11 second interaction.

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I have ADHD and Autism. I suffer from executive dysfunction and severe social anxiety.
I'm taking a week off from work so I can finally talk to the insurance about fixing our basement that flooded in January 2024. It's been torn up and unusable since they ripped up the carpet, tore out the lower half of the drywall, and drained all the water over a year ago.
Our cats have been living in our sunroom.
We haven't watched TV because the wall where we mounted it is gone.
It's an urgent need but I have to take a week off in order to push through the multiple unscripted conversations it will take, to have the energy to let strangers into our house.
I am disabled.
I am.
So why do I keep thinking I'm broken?
Why do I tell myself to "try harder"?
Why do I feel like a failure as a wife, cat mom, and home keeper?
So much needs to be done and I just can't.
I can't.
And that's hard to admit.
It has to get done. Before my wife became disabled, we managed better. We were still not getting it all done, but we split duties. We supported each other.
Now she can't do what she used to. I understand that. I afford her a great deal of grace, kindness, and understanding.
She understands my limitations and doesn't nag or complain or fret.
I can't figure out how to give myself the same consideration.
"She deserves better."
"I should do better."
"I deserve better."
We all deserve better, especially right now.
We deserve better, but we have to settle for what we have.

@Pinchy63 @Dianora
As an #introvert with #SocialAnxiety I totally get it.

At a party or similar, meet someone w/ common interest.

Would I talk to them in the circle of 6 ppl? Hell to the no.

But if I bumped into them outside 'cuz we were leaving at the same time, I might chat with them on the way to their car, then stand outside their car chatting for 20min.

Fedi & other SM is similar. More likely to test the waters of common interest in private 1:1 than by grabbing the mic @ the podium.

Venture bravely where no-one ever went other than by casual stroll...

Does anyone else have the paradoxical effect of someone acting awkwardly around you making you feel at ease with them?

Like you think, "phew. They're like me."

Eyes: _see person_

Brain: That person likes to talk to us! Raise alert to severity 1, execute behavior micromanagement and neurotypical behavior mimicry now!!

Body: _acts incredibly freaking awkward and abnormal in a terrible attempt to mask_

Person: _wondering why I'm acting like that_

Me: _wondering why I'm acting like that_

Before getting my diagnosis, I sat in this booth.

It's hard to feel we are enough while feeling we are far off from a normal we can't be.

Do you ever find yourself wondering if your flaws are simply a product of being human?