Thoughts
I've been trying to figure out what the "my time is not valuable" duel is for social anxiety. The last post was getting at maybe it being
"imperfect relationships are okay" but I may have missed the much more obvious parallel, "social interactions are not important/valuable."
Reasons I don't talk to the person in the grocery store:
- previous social experiences have been stressful, negative feedback loop
- Normal nerves from talking to a new person
- I don't see a possible positive outcome (only neutral and negative outcomes, this is something I can work on)
- But on a meta-level, my issue is that I view this conversation as important when I shouldn't