school day 2 — 1 day ago
My stomach was flipping as I was driving to school, just like the first day, and it makes food sound repulsive, but that went away after I got into my first class.
I was even pretty content going to Human Relations class. When it came to my turn to speak in the class, my heart definitely boom-boom-boomed. Once it was the next person’s turn to talk, I felt my lip quivering from realizing that I’d just paid attention to what I’d listened to and spoke at the same time (with all eyes on me), so I had to bite my lip a little to keep it still, lol. No one was looking at that point though.
I am seeing less and less people who are intimidating to me, because I am accepting myself. The people haven’t changed; I am changing! :)
This anxiety thing would be the only barrier for getting the degree and job I want, and I cannot allow it to be a barrier. If this barrier isn’t there, there are no limits.
When I was heading out the door to go to school, I thought to myself, “It’s just life.” It’s a short, sweet quote, that isn’t deep and doesn’t really mean anything. It sums up one of my strategies for overcoming social anxiety: not looking for deep meaning in everything.




