God people are getting really annoying about socialising and comfort here again.
Its like a merry go round istg
"We're seeing more and more people seeing other people as NPC's thats unprecedented and concerning" ever heard of slavery. Or servants. Not seeing other people as people is older than humanity.
"I know you dont want to hear this but if youre afraid of interacting with people you need to force yourself to interact with people" years of work has shown that I was never shy and i was never anxious. I was extremely ill and extremely tired and yet continued to force myself to show up to things and interact with people and even though I did so much less than the average person it did nothing to make it easier to interact with people or do things, in fact it made it worse because i was using my already tiny amount of energy up on trying so, so, so fucking hard just to show up.
I am still so so bitter that no one fucking did anything. No one could have even done anything, but I still feel so angry that I was told so, so, so many times to speak up and participate and interact and that the more I did it the easier it would get, and it never fucking did because I was sick. I was sick and my sickness just looked like my personality, because no one had ever seen me not sick. I hadn't even seen myself not sick.
No amount of social interaction is even going to cure your fucking anxiety. Just like no amount of me vaccuuming ever got me used to loud noises.
I don't care if every gen Z kid has anxiety, the proportion of people developing a problem doesnt suddenly make the problem a personal failing or any easier to deal with.
Just because you grew up and got treatment and autonomy and got to leave an abusive environment or developed a support network and friendships doesnt mean every person born after you should be able to do the same or even as soon as you did.
Even when people do it's suddenly all about how comforted and privileged other people are. "If I had this at that age I would have done this and that" well you didnt and you arent dickhead.
I am the first person in my family to go to university. Half my family is alcoholics that spent their entire lives drinking. You have no fucking idea how recent and profound and soul-crushing it is that all of that was never their personal failing. No matter how much I hate them or hate alcohol it was never something anyone could have fucking willed away.
If you are seeing people struggling to socialise and interact, you know what you can do?
SOCIALISE AND INTERACT WITH THEM, FUCKSTICK!
Is someone behaving in an inappropriate manner, or is acting rude?
TELL THEM!
All these people want to talk about how you need to put yourself out there but don't have the guts to tell teenagers to turn their music down.
