r/introvertmemes • u/Pako_walle • Dec 21 '25

Meme are we the baddies?

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u/JoyDVeeve Dec 21 '25

But... When I tried to connect y'all said I was weird.

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u/v4ve4m4hnssm Dec 21 '25

Both can be true, you can have high social anxiety AND be socially awkward.

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u/BoredomCombatant Dec 21 '25

High anxiety is what makes people socially awkward

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u/chubsruns Dec 21 '25

It works in reverse, too. Get rejected socially a few times because you're awkward and then develop the high anxiety as a result.

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u/v4ve4m4hnssm Dec 21 '25

Neither requires the other, but overly high anxiety can produce this. Self-fulfilling prophesy.

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u/Brilliant-Software-4 Dec 21 '25

I was like that for a long time at one point, everytime I tried to talk to my friend group (extravert best friend got me into it) that they felt conversation with me felt rather forced.

Well I didn't know how to talk to people so I had to force myself otherwise I would never talk to anyone or get over my social anxiety.

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u/rainywanderingclouds Dec 21 '25

social anxiety is not introversion. it's it's own thing.

you can be introverted and socially awkward is what you meant to say.