In my teens I had a lot of social anxiety and really wanted to overcome it. Learned about the existence of exposure therapy and figured I could try it. So I took the bus to West Hollywood and walked around the Chinese theater. Everyone who made eye contact I said “Hi, my name is —— and I like dinosaurs. Will you be my friend?”
People are used to crazy around there so rejection just didn’t hurt much. The few people who said yes though actually became really good friends.
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u/Popular-Influence-11 1d ago
In my teens I had a lot of social anxiety and really wanted to overcome it. Learned about the existence of exposure therapy and figured I could try it. So I took the bus to West Hollywood and walked around the Chinese theater. Everyone who made eye contact I said “Hi, my name is —— and I like dinosaurs. Will you be my friend?”
People are used to crazy around there so rejection just didn’t hurt much. The few people who said yes though actually became really good friends.