“I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I’m not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay. But most people who meet me never know that I am struggling. On the outside I am smiling. I am juggling all the balls of okayness: physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, existential. Undern…”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Mental Illness, Okayness, imperfect
“social anxiety isn’t just quiet people who are shy!!! i may be talking a lot but internally i’m panicking and punching myself in the face for every word that comes out of my mouth thank u.”— guiltygirl, guiltygirl.tumblr.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Tumblr Quotes, I Hate People, Nerves
“I must learn to keep silent. I must learn to take myself seriously. To have more mobile eyes and a less mobile face. To keep a straight face when I make a joke. Not to applaud every joke made by others. Not to show the same colorless geniality toward everyone. To disconcert at the right moment by ke…”— André Gide, amazon.comTagged: Keep Your Cool, Social Anxiety, Overthinking, Cold-Hearted, Don't Let Anyone In
“I get nervous in undefined spaces and tend to sexualize things.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Nerves, awkward, Socially Awkward
“I am agitated and restless and tired all at once.”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety, Tired
“lol i will ignore like 18 ppl no problem but if the 1 person who i do wanna talk to ignores me i will be sad nd miserable for like 6 months.”— lewie, twitter.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Anti-Social, Twitter Quotes, Sensitive
“My fear among people is that I will be judged for revealing what is going on inside me. I fear others will discover that I am not only imperfect; I'm not even okay. I fear that I truly am not okay.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, BPD, Mental Illness, Depression
“All day, every day, life is like this. Fear. Apprehension. Avoidance. Pain. Anxiety about what you said. Fear that you said something wrong. Worry about others' disapproval. Afraid of rejection, of not fitting in. Anxious to enter a conversation, afraid you'll have nothing to talk about. Hiding what…”— Thomas A. Richards, socialanxietyinstitute.orgTagged: Social Anxiety
“have you ever known what it is to be safe in your own mind: to wonder if the walls will ever stop collapsing.”— Ashley Mares, gumroad.comTagged: Anxiety, depressed, Mental Illness
“Like, what if you found out I am really not okay? What if you knew that I am suffering a lot right now and really scared? Would you flee? I don't want to find out.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, BPD, Mental Illness, Depression
“Anxiety is waking up with a pit in your stomach for no understandable reason. Anxiety is hiding and burying parts of yourself for fear someone, someone like you, won’t get it.”— Kris Miller, thoughtcatalog.comTagged: Anxiety, Fear, Sick
“someone: *says hi to me* me: it’s obvious that they hate me and are actually making fun of me and want me dead”— @hellishbpd, hellishbpd.tumblr.comTagged: BPD, Social Anxiety, Paranoia, I Hate Myself, Tumblr Jokes
“everybody wants to know you until they know you and you’re literally the opposite of the person they made up in their head.”— sunbathe, sunbathe.tumblr.comTagged: Social Anxiety, People, I Hate People, No One Likes Me, Not Good Enough
“But he liked me. There was definitely something wrong with him.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety, Crush, I Hate Myself
“I’m learning so many different ways to be quiet. There’s how I stand in the lawn, that’s one way. There’s also how I stand in the field across from the street, that’s another way because I’m farther from people and therefore more likely to be alone. There’s how I don’t answer the phone, and how I so…”— Ada Limon, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Quiet, Silence, Loner
“shoutout to everyone who doesnt actually have a solid best friend because their best friends have better best friends or because they dont bond enough with people to have best friends or because their ‘best friends’ constantly come and go and it just kinda leaves them feeling vaguely isolated even t…”— Lili May, facebook.comTagged: Friendship, Loner, Best friend, Friendless, Social Butterfly
“Having anxiety isn’t just feeling anxious, it’s caring so much of what others think that you live in constant fear. It keeps your mind racing on small things that aren’t even a big deal. It is a battle against you and your caring mind.”— velllvet, velllvet.tumblr.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Growing Up Shy, Not Good Enough
“People with social anxiety know that others are really not critically judging or evaluating them all the time. They understand that people are not trying to embarrass or humiliate them. They realize that their thoughts and feelings are somewhat irrational. Yet, despite this rational knowledge, they…”— Thomas A. Richards, socialanxietyinstitute.orgTagged: Social Anxiety
“People: *are looking* My paranoid ass: they know Me: know what My paranoid ass: they KNOW”— @newtonscamader, newtonscamader.tumblr.comTagged: Paranoia, Social Anxiety, BPD
“I never liked myself: a love story”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Validation, Social Anxiety, Self-Worth, I Hate Myself
“Teacher: Ok you will be working with partners for this activity. Me: *panics* Kid: Can we pick our own groups? Teacher: No. Me: *long internal sigh of relief*”— tsunderetrashheap, tsunderetrashheap.tumblr.comTagged: Growing Up Shy, Social Anxiety, Tumblr Jokes
“I feel that the gum creates a barrier to intimacy between me and other people. It's never just me and another person. It's me, another person, and the gum.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Social Anxiety
“It’s sometimes impossible to let go, relax, and focus on anything else except the anxiety. Because the anxiety is so very painful, it’s much easier just to stay away from social situations and avoid other people.”— Thomas A. Richards, socialanxietyinstitute.orgTagged: Social Anxiety
“Text me back: a love story”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Validation, Social Anxiety, Self-Worth
“He said, ‘Don’t you feel lonely living in your own little world?’ She whispered, ‘Don’t you feel powerless living in other people’s worlds?”— F.G., theslytherinworld.tumblr.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Loner, Growing Up Shy
“Good morning! Everything is shit! Time to act impulsively. But first let's start by getting into imaginary fights with people from the past. Next let's catalog everything that's wrong with you and your life. Also, I want to remind you of everything you don't have—and everything you should be scared…”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Anxiety, Depression, BPD, Overthinker, I Hate Myself
“You've spent a lifetime stuck in silence, afraid you'll say something wrong.”— Professor Green, Emeli Sande, open.spotify.comTagged: Social Anxiety, Growing Up Shy, Lyrics
“He has seven miserable days of anxiety ahead of him, to think about it, ruminate over it, worry about it, overexaggerate it in his mind...over and over again.”— Thomas A. Richards, socialanxietyinstitute.orgTagged: Social Anxiety, Overthinker
“I want to speak sunlight but I can only speak thunderstorms that make people run away from me.”— Alexa Evangelista, krowkadile.tumblr.comTagged: Communication, Social Anxiety, Anger Management, Toxic, Relationships
“Validation is my main bitch.”— Melissa Broder, amazon.comTagged: Validation, Social Anxiety, Self-Worth