hiya. i don't mean to be rude at all, but your rant left me very uncomfortable. of course, i understand the frustration. i understand it well, but: i have severe anxiety. i can't simply interact with someone out of the blue. i can't just shove roleplays into inboxes. i can't!! and i'm not the only one. there's people with worse anxiety out there. it affects our day to day lives. so.. i dunno? something to consider i guess? i'm not exactly apart of the community as an affiliated blog but y'know.
(pt 2) sorry again if i came across as rude! i just felt you didn't take people not interacting due to anxiety into account. if you did, then i am very sorry!! i did not mean to offend at all. :o
No worries, friendo. You’re not being rude. And yes, I didn’t think about anxiety at first because I was writing out of rage, but I responded to it in an...amendment? edit? A thing I tacked on to my post. And what I said was this:
“Secondly: Anxiety. I can’t say much on this since I have no personal experience with it, but I can say this. I found something a while back that said a good way to help with anxiety is to imagine the worst outcome, the best outcome, and the most likely outcome. It might help people with anxiety approach blogs and send them asks.”
If you have anxiety, I understand that you have trouble approaching people. It makes things a lot worse. But you should try to overcome it. I know that’s much easier said than done. But if you don’t try, then...well, then things will just get worse for you.
I know things with anxiety take time. If you have anxiety, then my suggestion is build up to interaction. Try that little best, worst, likely scenario. And here are a few things to help the calming down.