How afraid are you of talking to strangers in real life on a scale 1-10? (sopuli.xyz)

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I say I am 8. Perhaps one could get used to it by practice. But I made bad experiences and constantly afraid of personal attacks based on ultra-quick judgment.

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[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

I subscribe to that logic, but im still at a 6 or 7. I had serious anxiety problems a long time ago and im still on the nervous side, though its nowhere near as crippling as it was.

Trouble is im built like Desperate Dan, and if its sunny ill catch my own reflection in shop windows and shit myself because "Holy jesus he looks mean and he's so close and.. its me isnt it..."

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