While this sounds dramatic, I do not know if I can emotionally recover.
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Updated 4 years ago,November 12, 2020
I want to be honest for once.
I am finally admitting that I am mentally and socially having a hard time right now.
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I am not doing okay, and I am straight up not having a good time.
Before COVID-19, I was having issues with social anxiety.
My weekends consisted of staying at home and enjoying the quiet.
I occasionally went out when I felt like being social.
My friends know that if I get socially overwhelmed, I will go home.
I appreciate these friends for noticing when I am socially withdrawing from the current environment.
Since quarantine started, my upstairs apartment neighbors were also home a lot more.
My neighbors are noisy, and they have a pet that has been cooped up inside.
I made a bunch of social progress in 2019.
While this sounds dramatic, I do not know if I can emotionally recover.
Social anxiety does not go away overnight.
It takes time, effort, and consistency to build comfortable relationships.
I hope you are honest and gentle with yourself and your feelings as 2020 continues to surprise us daily.
Stay crunchy, yall.
