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What Living With Chronic Social Anxiety Actually Feels Like breaking free from social anxiety chronic social anxiety story comparison anxiety fear of judgment as a kid healing from social anxiety living with social anxiety twenty years of social anxiety what social anxiety actually feels like Sep 08, 2026

 

I want to do something different in this piece.

Most of what I write is concept-driven. I name a pattern, walk you through the mechanism underneath it, and offer a way to relate to it differently. That format is useful for the kind of teaching I do most weeks.

This week is different.

I want...

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Why You Can't Stop Caring What People Think approval economy approval seeking culture can't stop seeking approval comparison anxiety social media and self-worth validation seeking why social media makes me anxious why we care what people think Jun 02, 2026


You've probably tried to quit social media. Made a thing of it. Uninstalled the apps. Told a few friends you were getting off the sauce.

Then a day later, you're on a hike, the light is hitting just right, and you take a photo. I'll just post this one. Reinstall, post, put the phone away. An hou...

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