Introverts have absolutely no issues striking up a conversation.
Is it mentally exhausting? Sure. Would I rather be doing literally anything else? Yeah, probably. But introverts don't automatically have social anxiety.
I think there's more in the second panel for me. The conversation can continue and I'm still battling trying to retcon my introduction somehow because who tf says howdy. It derails my focus for the next minute of conversation. But I'm also paying attention so everything added to the conversation is piled on top of that and how I respond next needs to fit the flow of conversation and if I want to fix the weirdness of how I introduced myself...
If only I knew that this is not normal 20 years ago I would have been a different place today. So many internal conflicting voices/thoughts and it's fucking constant.
tbh I think it's probably more of an autism / social anxiety thing but many people with ADHD have more than one disorder, so i thought it was still relatable, at least for some people.
goodness, the few days after a psychadelic trip feel so refreshing. Temporarily free of executive dysfunction, temporarily free of anxiety, temporarily just purely happy with a positive outlook ahhh, wish it lasted longer :(
so far no psychiatrist prescribed drug even compared to that feeling for me, well mostly because all those anti-anxiety meds either didn't work or turned my anxiety into panic attacks lol
put down the phone when you get the message and all that, but dang is it a good way to break out of the usual struggle once in a while
Yeah, the anxiety and paranoia thing weakened for me a year ago after I took shrooms for the first time. The strength of the social anxiety and paranoia hasn't come back, permanently weakened I feel.