THIS IS EXCATLY HOW I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH BIRTHDAY FROM LAST FEW YEARS! From last few years, I've been dealing with anxiety and birthdays make it even worse. The societal pressure of having huge birthday party, grand birthday shopping, having a lot of friends or people who care way too much about your birthday made me crazy! Not having either one of these, made you not cool! Since I was a teen, birthdays lost their charm for me and over a couple of years, I absolutely started fearing birthdays. Incidents after incidents made birthdays absolutely terrifying. From last 2-3 years, I decided, I do not want parties, and the less people know about it, the better. No birthday presents. I know a lot of people must be dealing with similar issues and I just want to tell them that it's okay to not have huge birthday celebrations every year. It's okay for others to not think of you as cool person. But I'd definitely suggest that you do celebrate your birthday. Either alone or with a few who care. Plan what you want to do, make bookings and try and do something you haven't done before. And meanwhile if your friends do try and get you to celebrate your birthday with them, DON'T RESTRICT YOURSELF. "It's exactly like not giving up on love after one bad relationship." - wise words by @jaeesatam. This birthday has been a wonderful experience. Thank you all for wishes and love. #bass #hogaya #aajkeliye #kaafigyaan #muchamaze #twentyso #counsellingsessionforself #because #laundiyabeeskihogayi #dhanyawadforreading #bestbirthdaypicture (at National Institute Of Fashion Technology,NIFT)