Socialanxiety

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Is your level of social anxiety TERRIFIED OF RESTAURANTS and will decline any invitation to one, and will never eat in one? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

My social anxiety is only moderate, and for me eating in a restaurant is perhaps one of my favourite ways to have interactions.

Unlike party events or 'trying new things' events, It's an experience where I can know in advance how it will work and who will be there. And I love food.

The best part for me is that it's on a fixed schedule - a meal has a natural limit in duration so I know when it will be time to leave and that I won't be judged for it, because leaving is what everyone is expected to do.

What about restaurants makes you feel the way you do?