For me, every social interaction has me processing a thousand things in my head.
Am I being funny enough? Am I being rude by accident? What image of myself am I portraying? Am I making it obvious that I have a socially unacceptable weakness? Are they still interested in talking to me or are they just staying out of social pressure?
I don’t think that anyone knows that I’m thinking all of this stuff. But that got me wondering, Are other people the same?
Does everyone also do this? I don’t have the courage to ask this to anyone, because if they don’t, I just revealed a social flaw in myself and for some reason I hate that.
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I feel the exact same way, and I too always wonder if people feel the same. I tell myself no one else can relate, although rationally I know that’s not true, which is good to remember
You’re not alone. I always feel like I end conversations to early and come off as rude. I can be having what looks like a normal conversation but on the inside I’m a nervous reck. I always feel like I did/said something wrong in most conversations I have.