What’s the silliest thing social anxiety has made you do?

I’ll go first.

I was invited to a small get-together at an acquaintance’s house. And I had every intention of breaking out of my shell and socializing with everyone there — I even bought myself a brand new outfit. However, within an hour, everyone had formed their own groups, leaving me alone in the kitchen.

I froze up the entire night, hardly managing to say a full sentence to anyone. It didn’t help that everyone was so engrossed in their own conversations that they hardly noticed me. What’s worse is that instead of changing the situation by walking up and starting a simple conversation with literally anyone there, I panicked after standing around in the kitchen for 20 minutes, made up a poor excuse about needing to leave early to finish an assignment, and nearly ran out the door. 🙃

I fear this will haunt me for years to come.