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[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago

I'm not going to explicitly recommend it, as 'results may vary from one user to the next', but it's funny and bears consideration.

[-] PyroNeurosis 25 points 1 week ago

Instructions unclear, how do I restore my mental system32?

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

That sounds really nice. Lsd was helpful for me but not like that. More in a "hey, we've been noticing some shit you're up to and while you're in your own head and experiencing time dilation it's time to deal with it

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If my experience is any indication, that tracks. Dose and over user reaction plays a major role in the trip.

[-] itslilith 6 points 1 week ago

I turned off my fear of wasps when one landed in my face while I was climbing a difficult section in a high ropes course

[-] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I would be dead in this scenario.

Thus I do not do climbing.

[-] TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Fuck yes, that's one way to do it.

[-] princessnorah 40 points 1 week ago

Oh god, I'm the Mum Friend with the anxiety override. I'm total garbage at this for myself but as soon as I'm sitting in a room with other anxious beans it's like the superpower activates.

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 18 points 1 week ago

I don't understand the meaning of "Mom friend anxiety override"

[-] dawnglider@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 week ago

I have terrible anxiety, but when people around me are as anxious (or more) than me, I suddenly feel I can push through any anxiety barrier. As far as I'm concerned it's a shift in expectation: going from being expected to be a normal functional social being to being expected to struggle in front of an insurmountable task ahead. It's broader than just anxiety too, but I think this might be what they mean by "mom friend anxiety override"๐Ÿ˜Š

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Yep. I can't call Dr's offices for me. I can however inform the manager that my friend's food is done wrong

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 8 points 1 week ago
[-] MBM@lemmings.world 14 points 1 week ago

wait... if you have social anxiety... and i have social anxiety...
then who's going to order the food?

[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Nosferatu! ๐Ÿ˜

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

Back in the late 80s when I wanted to talk to a friend, you had to pick up a phone and call. I think this trained the GenX kids to be able to use a phone.

[-] easily3667@lemmus.org 15 points 1 week ago

This is true well into the millennial range (depending on parents, could go all the way to the end).

However, just because I can call someone doesn't mean I want to.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Ya, well into the 90s.

It's less if you want to but if you have the ability to. If you were born a Zoomer, you probably would lack that skill.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

It's always funny explaining to people that grew up post cell phones that if we wanted to talk to a girl, we had to call her house phone, which often meant introducing yourself to her father first.

[-] jaschen@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Oh shit, I totally forgot. And sometimes the parents would eavesdrop on the call.

[-] HalfSalesman@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

I have social anxiety but I've learned the trick to making calls on the phone: automaton-like disassociation.

I had to learn this in order to work at a call center job.

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