Overwhelming Responses

…Does anyone else overthink this whole ‘social media’ thing?

Warning: this post discusses Anxiety

Photo by Gage Walker on Unsplash

What are you doing? Answer it!. They’re going to think you don’t care. Ugh, what are you saying? You sound stupid. Be nicer! Ew, no, not that nice — you’re simpering! Christ, did you actually hit ‘post’? But you were so awkward! OMG, can’t you do anything right?! WHY ARE YOU SO USELESS?

I struggle to leave comments.

I struggle to reply to comments, and to comment on other people’s Medium stories, Twitter threads, whatever.

So while I absolutely love it when I get comments on my stuff, the act of replying is… slow. And difficult. And involves my Anxiety screaming at me over the most insignificant of details.

So please keep in mind that my short, awkward, responses probably took me a lot of time and effort to write.

And I’ll try to keep in mind that no-one cares as much about this as my Anxiety thinks they do!

Anxiety: Worrying About Sh** I Actually Don’t Care About

6 Everyday Things That My Anxiety Turns Into Fight-or-Flight

Get unlimited access to all stories on Medium using my referral link here; I receive commission for memberships purchased through this link