Kenny
Looking for meaning in the weirdest places
- Apr 27, 2026
- 52
So basically when I was a child I was home schooled for 3 years from grade 7-9, which was very traumatic and caused me a LOT of social anxiety. I won't go through all the details, but long story short I had 0 social interaction and it caused me so much anxiety that I literally could not talk to other people. My mind would overthink everything before I said it and it'd take me 10 minutes to ask "so, what's your name?" or something super bland.
I went back to high school in gr 10 maybe two weeks late, and I was an awkward mess for the first semester. I was doing a little better by the second semester. By the time grade 11 hit, I felt mostly better about my social anxiety and I could talk to people normally (yippee!!).
Now I just graduated grade 12 though and I am back with my family again, I was thinking that moving out would help, and I think it'd help for the stress they give me, but even still I'm an introvert and I am not sure if I'd be able to connect with new people. I'm also kinda scared that if I move away from all my friends and family that I'll just drive myself crazy. I do want to move, I'm just scared that my anxiety will ruin me. Is there any way to overcome/deal with it?
I went back to high school in gr 10 maybe two weeks late, and I was an awkward mess for the first semester. I was doing a little better by the second semester. By the time grade 11 hit, I felt mostly better about my social anxiety and I could talk to people normally (yippee!!).
Now I just graduated grade 12 though and I am back with my family again, I was thinking that moving out would help, and I think it'd help for the stress they give me, but even still I'm an introvert and I am not sure if I'd be able to connect with new people. I'm also kinda scared that if I move away from all my friends and family that I'll just drive myself crazy. I do want to move, I'm just scared that my anxiety will ruin me. Is there any way to overcome/deal with it?
