What the Heck Happened to my Social Anxiety?!

That's me, being gregarious in public

 

 

This is Weird, It's Disappeared:

Whatever it is, I'll take it.

I woke up 3 weekends back, and my social anxiety was completely gone. 

I hopped from bed and decided to—against all past preferences and prior levels of discomfort—head out to our community farmer’s market, without a human buffer or anything. Springing up on a sunny Saturday morning I dressed in something cute and took off from our little house, to go out and meet the people. At the market I waved hello to folks and stopped to film sway to-and film a couple of buskers (on my own!)


The following day, hubby and I hiked to a nearby eatery and I popped inside and strolled past hordes of folks to grab a seat next to my mentor, Gigi and her husband. I wasn’t nervous or sweaty, or at all bothered by the crowd. 

The following week, same thing: girl date at a crowded eatery one day, followed by a solo trip to the farmer's market the next, and a sporting event the day after. So, what the heck happened to me?!

What Could be the Cause:

• Perhaps this is another symptom of long-Covid. 
• Maybe my anxiety had been related to my womb (which is now gone). 
• My anxiety may have been another negative consequence of age-old PTSD, that no longer serves me...who knows?

Whatever it is, I’m enjoying the respite from social anxiety. Yeehaw!

And here are the buskers: hubby and his mentor Mike, at the farmer's market: