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papyrus9244 | 10 hours ago

I think it absolutely is for everyone, especially for introverts. It's a muscle, go train it. Source: me.

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miroljub|10 hours ago

You can train it. You can even be good at it. But if you don't enjoy it, should you really be doing it?

Cthulhu_|9 hours ago

Yes, because it's important. And also figure out why you don't enjoy it, and whether that's a self-reinforcing thing. At the very least you can make it something neutral instead of something you actively dislike and avoid.

callmeal|6 hours ago

Yes. It's like exercise. Or eating healthy. I don't enjoy working out but I should really be doing it. I really enjoy eating sweets, but I should not be doing that all the time.

patates|10 hours ago

I have ADHD with terrible social anxiety, and conventional treatments only help so much.

I know I can eventually beat it, and I'm so happy for you and everyone who beats social anxiety. You are my idols!

That said, I don't like it when someone says "yeah just do it, it's possible". It's not possible to just do it. Yeah only doing the thing is doing the thing and preparing to do it is not doing the thing, I get it. On the other hand, you can also jump off a cliff without checking your parachute, just saying.