Social Anxiety and What (Not) to Do About It

When I go out I feel uneasy. A host of invisible eyes seem to be creeping on me. Making eye contact with other people requires a conscious effort, but by now it's become a discipline, a little act of courage. On good days I even smile. When I go out, the more clothes I wear, the … Continue reading Social Anxiety and What (Not) to Do About It

The Benefits of Being an Introvert

I am perhaps the most introverted person that I know. Someone once even called me "almost dead," but in fact I am only quiet, quiet in a way that not everyone understands. Society favors the active, the loud, the confident, the extroverted. In the classrooms, in the office, at social events, it's the extroverts that … Continue reading The Benefits of Being an Introvert

Not Another Post

Sometimes you don't have time to post on your blog You don't feel like it You want to look not into you But out the window instead. But then you think of your followers Not the follower count But of two or three who Expect your post today Followers who may wonder whether something happened to you Whether … Continue reading Not Another Post