50 Hilarious Memes That Antisocial People Will Find Relatable, As Shared By The “Fear Of Going Out” Instagram Page (New Pics)
Crowds. Calling to make reservations. Introducing yourself at a meeting. If any of these things strike fear into your soul, then this content is for you. The “Fear Of Going Out” Instagram account is dedicated to all of the everyday annoyances that less-than-social people have to go through.
Whether you are just an introvert or an absolutely antisocial recluse, enjoy the hilarious observations and painfully relatable moments shared by like-minded folks, shared through the magic of the internet. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your thoughts below.
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I can barely bring myself to take a shower anymore Edit: y'all the nicest people on the internet istg
And just the shower. Don't care about the face scrubbing or the foot lotion afterwards. Just start with the water and drying towel afterwards. You are doing a great job! We are proud of you.
Load More Replies...I'm just as happy to be home alone most of the time. Some days the farthest I go is the mailbox, because sometimes the junk mail allows something important or interesting to coexist.
If I was social for five hours, then my eyes would ache. Five hours of socializing would mean five hours of locking my eyes in a fixed position to keep them from rolling.
i do basically all my socialising at my job in customer service. i only work 4 hour shifts (health reasons). but at the end of that, that's me done. i dont have the energy for anything else sociable. nor on my days off.
Not in the US at least. You can write it off your taxes (though without a receipt you could have audit issues if you do this a lot), but they cannot report it as a donation. If they could, they would also have to report the income, and it would cancel out. They do it in part to make customers think they care, and in part to make their employees happy.
Load More Replies...Unfortunately a large portion of your donation at the till gets eaten up with 'administration fees' .. so sad. Donate directly to a cause, preferably one close to home
I used to do it 100% of the time but now I don't for this reason AND why are they getting tax breaks for making a donation individuals helped to fund?!
I wonder if the corporation also awards itself an "administration fee" for collecting the donations and passing them along.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/06/10/fact-check-false-claim-checkout-charities-offset-corporate-taxes/7622379002/
How much of my $20 donation will go to feeding children? As opposed to lining the pockets of those tasked with handling it?
My company has a "foundation" with 3 charities as beneficiaries. Only 5% of money donated to the foundation actually goes into the pot which is then split between the 3 charities, the other 95% pays the wages and bonuses of the people who run the "foundation" (all of whom had never done anything for charity until a relative of theirs got promoted to head office and created the roles for them). Makes me sick how they get away with it.
Every so often I look at my cat and think "Wow, there's a little creature in my house!" And my cat looks at me and thinks "Wow, the stupid human is staring at me again." Cats are the best.
My cat is my world. She sleeps on top of me. She waits excitedly at the door when I come home every day. She purrs when I pet her. She's adorable when she's running around the house, playing. She's everything good. People? exhausting. Cats? Energizing.
My cat is one of my favorite parts of working from home. When I'm stressed, I can pet him or give his soft forehead a kiss. Instant destresser.
I was just thinking about the fact that animals don't speak and only judge you if you don't feed them. Lol I love animals. I live in an apartment complex with woods by my back porch. I only talk to the animals here and avoid the people. And I name the animals if I see them a few times. It is fun. I told a chipmunk it was so cute and beautiful today. Hehe
I love little songs and poems I tell my cat. And she actually made a "name" for me. It is specific sound she makes and uses it only when she communicates with me and it is very different from her usual "pet me, love me, feed me" or "it's raining! Make it stop!" sounds.
I made up Native American names for my two cats and also what rank they currently are in the U.S. Navy. Griffin Goodboy has been promoted to Lieutenant Commander!
Load More Replies...What do you mean, we don't speak the same language? I adopted cat behavior and I play tag and hide and seek with my cat. All three come when I use my special sound, no matter where they are. I give food, they give me their fake mouse toys.
Sounds like a movie about a 20sth clique... it has a " reality bites" feeling
To set the record straight, actual antisocial behavior is destructive and often criminal. So if you dislike small talk, I would recommend you don’t go around telling people you are antisocial, it might give off the wrong impression. Though if you do prefer to be quiet, you probably aren’t going around telling anyone anything, so the problem is solved. If you want to be on the safe side, just say you are an introvert, though that’s not an ideal descriptor either.
This is because introversion is technically used to describe a person who is more reserved and who likes to think a bit before speaking. Introverts are also less likely to seek out social interactions, particularly with new people, but many people just take this one indicator and use it to define the entire set. However, it is true that introverts do tend to enjoy solitary experiences, just remember that a person can be defined by more than their liking or disliking of talking with others.
"Honey, let me sketch out for you here what she meant by this joke."
No, but you know that thing about duct tape fixing most things? Totally relevant here.
Load More Replies...I had to look up that word. To my surprise it was weird/wrong as all heck.
Good thing you looked that one up yourself. No-one's gonna volunteer a definition of "mansplaining." Hahaha
Load More Replies...Me to an idiot man trying to "splain" my job, after pointing out his many fallacies & mistakes - "Oh, honey I could walk you through it, but I am just plain out of crayons".
I’m privileged to the point where I’m an Australian with a family hobby farm. This is actually our weekend. (And watching the wombats graze with the sheep. It’s pretty special).
A hobby farm? What hobbies do you plant? Stamp collecting, needlepoint, ships in a bottle? I you raised any livestock, I assume it would be a hobby horse.
Load More Replies...Ever since I was a small child, I have loved watching thunderstorms. Counting one Mississippi, two Mississippi between the lightning and thunder to figure out how far away it was and to track whether the storm’s getting closer or not. That CRACK-BOOM-SIZZLE!!! sound when a lightning bolt strikes in the air above you. The feeling of electricity in the air. That greenish-golden-silvery quality of the light. The striking 3D contrast of trees and buildings against the darkened sky, almost like they’ve been framed with a black pen. The smell of earth. The sound of rain hitting the roof. Especially at night. I always sleep best during heavy rain, thunder and lightning, and high winds. The sheer happiness when you know everyone you love is safe and dry at home. I’m 62 now, nd still love watching thunderstorms and counting one Mississippi, two Mississippi.
Thunderstorms are my favorite summer activity!! Except now it freaks my poor dog out. So I sit on the sofa coddling the shih tzu that flunked out of hearing dog school, cursing the thunder all the while wishing I was sitting on my porch watching the rain and lightning. But I love my dog too much to vocalize that wish. :)
Load More Replies...Wife and kids think I'm nuts. LOVE to sit out under covered area and experience a good ol storm.
My front porch is my favourite place. I don't care if the whole village thinks I'm weird for sitting outside, regardless of the weather, reading for hours at a time.
I just found out from google I have 30 different mental illnesses, brain cancer, a failing heart and some rare bacterial infection
Same, I thought I was seriously mentally Ill and had like 3 types of cancer
Load More Replies...This right here is why it's irresponsible to leave your old electronics in a dumpster.
I accidentally typed my symptoms into IMDB instead of WebMD and found out I suffered from Gary Busey.
I know I'm a raccoon - I have dark circles around my eyes, stay up all night, and eat junk (food).
Often, shyness is confused with introversion, but this is actually false. Shyness is a response to distress, discomfort, or trauma that people have experienced, and can also be found among extroverts. Remember, shyness is the difficulty in social interaction, while introversion is the lack of desire. So if most of these memes are relatable, more than likely you are introverted, not chronically shy. Shy extroverted people have it the worst, as they do want to meet new people but bad experiences make it stressful.
Got you beat on that one. Just took 4 hrs to caulk my slider door that was put in new about 10 yrs ago and I told the guy I'd do the caulking. Well, I did!! FINALLY!! 10 yrs later. Will I learn from THIS?? Probably not. hehe
Tomorrow I’m going to start painting the closet that I bought paint for 18 months ago.
One of my certificates expires next week. I had a two month warning about it. To renew it all I have to do is fill out a few forms, scan them and email them. So, do you think I've done it yet?
There's a little cafe in the Wairapapa region of NZ that has a system where you can pay it forward, and leave a little note with it, and if you're in desperate need you can select a card that's got a note on it and get a coffee. It's rather sweet. They still have a tip jar, and the cafe pays a living wage to its staff as well. I didn't grab a freebie because I'd budgeted my coffee needs into my trip down there (block course for school), but it was just super sweet. The town in question is teeny tiny, super cute, and boasting really friendly folk. It's on my "one day I'll be able to hopefully move and own a home" list
This makes me so proud to call NZ home. My small hometown does the same thing
Load More Replies...My beef is the American position of believing it's the customer's job to pay your salary. We don't tip painters, plumbers or other folks who provide services, why do we feel compelled to tip restaurant employees or batist
baristas... got carried away there. I take a job knowing what the salary is going in. If it's not enough to survive on (understanding that is a LOT harder to do these days), then pass on that job and hunt for another. If enough people did this, they'd eventually have to pay a living wage... and yeah, I know there are a lot of situations where that's not viable, but I balk at the concept of tipping being virtually mandatory. If I get bad service, I will very cheerfully not tip... then feel guilty about taking food off somebody's table for days.
Load More Replies...I dunno it still makes people day. I used to stop by before work to bring in donuts and would do it weekly. The people that worked there got to know me pretty well because of it and never said anything bad. They would share stories of all the happy people and their reactions. Also told me a few times 10 to 20 people in a row would keep up the chain. Brought happiness to people's lives. No one in real life but my wife knows it was me who did it.
Why can't you do both? I tip well and I occasionally will pick up someone's drink. Don't assume someone's financial situation. This could be a splurge day that's maybe once a month, or maybe they're sad that day and just need to know someone cared. I can afford a drink on occasion but the time someone paid for me I was over the moon excited. It just felt good. It's not always about money, and it's part of the service industry's job.
If you're paying for the person behind you it should be called paying it backwards. But hey, that's just me.
Making life difficult for service people is not an act of generosity. It is merely ostentation.
Won't tip a chick who makes $13 an hour. I don't make enough at $10. But I will tip the person at Sherri's who makes $7. And Starbucks girls don't do nearly the work a real waitess does.
we used to have a system in place (in starbucks) where you could buy a coffee for a homeless person. so basically you would pay for 2 coffees but just take one, and if a homeless person came in, we could give them a free tea or coffee. but i only ever had one person take us up on it, after a while the signs came down. we still had the option to put it through on the tills, but obviously no body knew that we did it. so it got taken off the till.
My partner passed away a few months ago. I go from not being able to get out of bed for three days, to having the most spotless house you’ve ever seen, in two hours. Oh, and I HATE housework.
Sorry for your loss! I can't imagine the pain. Hope you are making it through ok
Load More Replies...This is how I work. Intense dedication for , then be lazy and browse BP for . It all evens out.
I browse Bored Panda then work. It all evens out!
Load More Replies...Because extroverts can be often found in groups and introverts don’t gather, it creates the false impression that introverts are some weird minority. In fact, it’s possible that half of the population is introverted to some extent, though this can range from a slightly “weaker” social battery to a full-blown isolationist. Somehow, extroverts have managed to hijack the narrative and we all tend to live by their rules.
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SATAN OMG I LOVE YOU WHEN CAN I MEET YOU??? ALSO ARE YOU HIRING NEW ASSISTANTS SOON!!
Load More Replies...I just want animals surrounding me.. And anyone else who just wants animals surrounding them so we can just talk about animals together and not be judged as human beings.
Up and not crying is a reasonable response and good on you for making it there a least.
yeah crying is good and all to release the stress, but waking up from a nightmare crying is truly the worst
Load More Replies...Up and not crying...yes; I'll be using this response for the rest of my life, I'm sure.
Great, now there's the Norwegians being all high and mighty for NOT crying... I'm up. Ain't that enough nowadays?
Similarly anyone who's spent any time in Ireland will know the standard response to every personal question is "Not too bad"
I'm so gonna start saying this to people when they ask how I'm doing
In my regional dialect, we have a similar phrase that translates to "too good to complain, too bad to be happy".
"Out of bed & dressed" is my usual response at work (2nd place goes to "well, I'm here" )
In fact, some psychologists challenge the notion that one “is” an introvert or an extrovert, as actual human behavior is too varied to easily fall into one category or another. Generally, an extrovert would be a person who acts extroverted more often than a person who would fall into the category of introvert. But most people do socialize, party, and make small talk at some point during their lives, just in different amounts.
I have a depressive series with 12 seasons, 2 spin offs, an entire book series and a web series
Neil Degrasse Tyson is currently explaining how my depression started from a singularity and is ever expanding while having a super massive black hole in the center of it.
I have a depressive series 24seasons long with 100episodes in each season
Honestly, in my opinion, this show is going on too long, 15 seasons, with like 300+ episodes each. Im thinking about killing off the main character. He isn't doing well with the audience.
They should have made them an adults only special star exhibit. I mean come on; people would flock to it. Pun absolutely intended.
Excuse me. Was this posted by a company in Dubai that specializes in both *falconry* and *finance*???
Let's normalize dressing up as ghosts before Christmas and scaring the rich people lol
You know, when I die I think I want to come back as that kind of ghost. There are quite a few established and up and coming a******s I would LOVE to scare the s**t out of by haunting them. BOO, M**********r! Pay your people good salaries or I am NEVER going to leave—-and don’t say you’ll do it then go back in your word, or I will come back, turn your life into a living hell, and make you cry like a baby and beg for mercy, which I will not give. Just call me the SJW-G! Bwwwaaaahahahahaaaaa!
Nevertheless, people who would categorize themselves as introverts, most likely most of the readers of this post, do often feel a certain self-consciousness at this label. In some studies, when asked to roleplay, introverted people ended up appearing more extroverted to outside observers, simply because they would over what they thought a particularly social person would act like. Researchers call this self-monitoring, where we are more aware of certain behaviors, so, for example, an extrovert wouldn’t even think twice about being more loud and talkative, as it comes naturally.
And since we have to live in it, of course the f****r’s gotta be pay per view. And we’re paying. And paying. And paying. Through. The. Nose.
Load More Replies...Falling asleep on the couch literally takes no effort. Falling asleep on the bed means my pillow has to be at the right spot, room temperature is not too warm, switching sleeping positions until comfortable, making sure I've gone to the bathroom before bed, and not letting my anxiety take over.
You are correct, couch sleep takes ZERO effort. My friends are amazed that I have a "pre-sleep" position, before I get into "regular-sleeping" position. But if I don't do it? I'm screwed.
Load More Replies...I can fall asleep in my bed watching tv, wake up and decide it's time I actually go to bed and lie there totally awake. It doesn't matter if it's the couch or bed, your brain decides, "Oh you're up, ok, then..."
That is sooooo true. Wake up on couch 'cuz your back hurts, shuffle off to bed, lie there looking at inside of eyelids while wishing you'd just stayed on the couch *sigh*
Boy can I ever relate to that. I literally fall asleep in the chair in front of the TV, but by the time I get up and get into bed I'm wide awake!!!! NOT FAIR!!!! :(
OMG - right? I fall asleep in my comfy chair reading & finally go upstairs to bed - only to lie awake for another 2 hours.
I actually sleep more on my couch at night than I do on my bed. That doesn't consider that I nap every day on my couch as well. I wonder how much I can get for my bed?
Once in my cabin on the ferry I work on, I passed out in my cheap desk chair. Woke up, realized where I was, put on pyjamas and crawled into bed. And didn't sleep one bit.
Me, whenever I get a phone call, email, or snail mail: "I'm sure this could have been a text."
Often, extroverts are seen as happy while introverts carry this stigma of being secretly lonely and miserable. This is patently untrue. First, extroverts self-report higher levels of happiness, but this doesn’t necessarily mean they are more happy, rather, they are under more social pressure to seem always cheerful. Introverts have no such compulsion and will often be more honest about their emotions if they actually decide to speak to someone about them.
That's my life. I think it is called high functioning depression.
Sleep Apnea can be the cause of like 80% of these symptoms....just saying if you relate and haven't been tested it's worth looking into. My mom had issues for years got tested and got a cpap says she's never felt better!
I'm going to be tested in a couple of weeks for it, admitted to the hospital with super high blood pressure. Turns out, you're not supposed to feel tired all the time and wake up gasping for breath in the night
Load More Replies...But isn't adulting supposed to start when I'm an adult?
Load More Replies...I looked up why it was called that and apparently devil's food cake is called that because it's a sin, and let me just say: I don't get you guys.
Load More Replies...I know this might be slightly ironic for me... but can someone explain? I don't get the reference.
and also I'd just like to tell you how much I appreciate your music.
Once I sent a song called Tyler Durden to my ex (just to show him, nothing else) and he started telling me how that song was genius because did you know tyler durden doesn't exist in fight club and blah blah blah and I was like "dude I sent you the song, what do you think?"
There's are some men who will mansplain to other men. You say something and they just have to one up you. I wonder if anyone has looked at whether those types are more of less likely to mansplain to women... If you're pretentious enough that you feel you need to correct me when I'm talking about something that I know about... I don't know where I was going with this, but now I'm mad at myself for not telling someone off a few years ago when he tried to correct me (with a law degree) about a matter of law (he doesn't have any legal background).
Reading part any Jane Austen novel should be required for existence
Finally, there is no measurable connection between extroverted traits and “calmer” forms of happiness, such as contentment and serenity. So not only are extroverts potentially lying about being happier, they may actually have more trouble finding other forms of happiness. So if you are an introvert, always feeling like there is some outside pressure to “do” more, feel free to ignore it, and instead, check out one of our other articles here, here, and here.
I’m both a morning person and a night person. I just don’t sleep.
honestly, same. mostly for the compliments tho. i kinda fluster up and cant speak mostly cuz im not used to getting compliments
Anyone else always suspecting sarcasm when they get a compliment? No? Just me, I guess...
I cannot handle a compliment. I don’t know what to say. Do you say thank you? Do you compliment them back? I NEED HELP PEOPLE.
Yeah, apparently we’re supposed to say thanks and compliment the person back… I just get so flustered and self-effacing though.
Load More Replies...Word! Whenever someone compliments me, I think it's a joke or sarcasm or something that will come bite me in the a-s later if I accept it :/
Can I eat 80 pizza rolls while you exercise for 2 hours? If so, count me in!
I'm close, I work four 10 hour days and have three days off. Today is my first day off, which is my "be completely useless and recover day."
Load More Replies...You at least have the consolation you didn't end up on the planet Vogsphere having to listen to Vogon poetry.
In some countries, the full time is way more than 40 hours. India for example you are expected to work 6 days a week and often 10-12 hours per day.
Hell we could have wound up on a planet like Mercury or Venus with 1,408 and 5,832 hour long days respectively.
The 40-hour workweek was once an achievement. It could have been, and was, worse. But we still need to keep reimagining.
You only need to if you want to experience the full range of stupid.
Load More Replies...I'd like to submit a request that working in the medical field be added to this list.
Working utilities is a pretty good one too. Pretty well everyone has electric, gas or water and they don't like paying for it.
OMG! I hated the show BUT I just want to be a member of the Paw Patrol and ride on the Paw Patroler with the gang. That would make me so happy
I was extremely social up to my mid-20s. I got tired of the party scene, and the drinking and other shot that went on there. I was finding it shallow, highly unsatisfying, and actually quite sad and miserable. So I quit it. I chose my friends more wisely, and found myself becoming quite content. I go to movies. I go to stage shows. I travel. Sometimes by myself, sometimes with friends I know want to do and see all the stuff I want to. I’m married now, so have someone built-in to pal around with (amongst other things). Some may find it totally unexciting, but they’ll hopefully grow up someday and realize it’s better, and so much more satisfying (not to mention safer), to have a happy time instead of a wild time..
On Saturday I had plans to eat my snacks and watch some Netflix. Then at 7 a friend of mine texted me if I wanted to go out at 10. To my own surprise I said yes! 😅
A very smart woman once said, "You know you're old when you go to bed at or before the time you used to go out." I saw your 10:00 and immediately thought, damn that's late, I'm in bed by 9, lol.
Load More Replies...Some days I have so many nothings scheduled that I couldn't possibly squeeze in a something anywhere.
I'm incapable of last minute plans. A friend once called me at like 3pm, and asked of I'd want to go to a Fleetwood Mac concert that night with her husband. He had tix, but she had to work, and she knows I love Fleetwood Mac. I was so tempted, but I need advance notice to do things so I can mentally prepare, especially as something as big as a concert. Those can be overstimulating. I said no. It felt really weird to turn down free tickets to a band I love, with a chill, nice guy. But I could not mentally prepare on such short notice. Don't worry, I've seen Fleetwood Mac twice, and Stevie solo, once. So, it wasn't like I missed a once in a lifetime thing.
We DO enjoy BIL and SIL calling and inviting us over for cookouts. Just pick up some bread and that's our dinner contribution
Throughout my 20s and up to my mid-30s, I worked every shift EXCEPT 9-5 M-F. That meant I was usually off when everyone else was working, and working when everyone else was off. Now I have to say, it was nice for going shopping or to a park or the state fair or the movies and stuff—-no crowds when everyone was working. I also got accustomed to just going places and doing things on my own. If you’ve ever tried to figure out when to go and where, and what do and where to eat, etc with your friends, you know what I mean—-and there’s always that one friend who whines, and bitches, and is just a f*****g drag. F**k that. I just go on my own, have a much much better time exploring on my own, and don’t have to worry that someone I’m with doesn’t want to do that or go there or is tired and doesn’t want to walk anymore or won’t try the local fare because they only want familiar food from a chain restaurant, or whatthefuckever.
Why can't anyone understand that "nothing" is a plan and is not to be interrupted, postponed, or effed with in any way?!
"I just say it how it is" "I'm always brutally honest" No you're just a b***h
That annoys the hell out of me, I can't stand people who think honesty is rudeness
Load More Replies...If I'm not mistaken there is an Indian tale that says honesty is like a precious stone. You have to hand it in a pretty box, with care and love, because if you throw it in someone's face, well, a rock is always a rock, and it's gonna hurt the same
Pretty wise. I think this what Loverboy was essentially saying above. People who say "I just say it how it is" or "I'm brutally honest" seem to throw the honesty rocks rather than present them with care.
Load More Replies...I personally prefer brutally honest people because I'd rather know, yk? I also like mean humour, so brutally honest people make me laugh. But I do completely understand why I'm in the minority on that.
People who are "brutally honest" enjoy the brutality more than the honesty.
Somehow I manage to be brutally honest and a ppl pleaser at the same time
Wait a kazoo can be on key? I thought you just blew it and noise came out the other side.
Ya know, the lyrics create pretty damned funny metaphors in this context: We're leavin' together But still it's farewell// And maybe we'll come back To Earth, who can tell?// I guess there is no one to blame We're leaving ground // Will things ever be the same again?// It's a mental breakdown// We're headin' for Venus And still we stand tall// 'Cause maybe they've seen us And welcome us all,// With so many light years to go And things to be found// I'm sure that we all miss her so// It's a mental breakdown...
I'm going to sing this in my head while people watching at the airport when they are stuck in lines or trying to wrangle their kids.
Same. I wish more of my online friends could meet my mom, i think they would understand where like 99% of my problems come from
Load More Replies...I had an idea exbf who was very grumpy ... I met his dad and step-mom... i began to understand why he hated the world
All. None. Some. Take your pick. Talk to someone you can trust, your doctor, your best friend, your mom or dad, just someone. It’s not good to keep it all bottled up inside too long, or you’ll reach your limit and explode one day, in a way you can’t plan, rehearse, or control. And that would be bad.
For me it's laying down on my couch talking to my therapist who gives wet kisses and has a fur coat (really, don't judge a dog they listen better than people and talking to them I usually find my answers)
Load More Replies...You're probably right therapists can feel envy just like everyone else.
For me it's driving and not being able to use the brakes (edit to add: I don't even drive in real life!!)
Whenever I'm too stressed out I dream all my teeth are loosen and in the middle of the dream i remember I'm dreaming, only to believe i woke up and my real teeth are actually loosen until I realize im still dreaming and on and on, a lot of fun
My choices are lose all my teeth or have nightmares about a longtime toxic workplace. Wheee.
I can't stand having people to close to me at anytime. I almost freaked out today because I was overheating, I could hear 20 different things, I was being touched, all so annoying
Is this being slightly on the autistic spectrum? I can't wear watches. Or my wedding ring. Or glasses. Or a wallet. Glasses make the world too sharp; trees are more comfortable as foliage than as collections of discreet leaves. Tinitus sucks, but hearing the house sucks just as much. And sometimes I just have to yell, "STOP" to my wife and kid.
Hi Original Bruno, what you are describing sounds like it might be sensory processing issues and while it’s not uncommon for folks on the autistic spectrum to experience them there’s a handful of other conditions or disorders that are connected to sensory issues as well.
Load More Replies...For me, it's walking into stores that have TOO much, like an antique mall where things can be cluttered and mismatched. I love them but I can't take everything in at once and have to keep my eyes down until I can slowly make my way up each stall. Can be overwhelming.
The science fiction TV show Babylon 5 get's you, from episode seven LONDO: ...My shoes are too tight. VIR: ...Excuse me? LONDO: Something my father said. He was... Old, very old at the time. I went into his room, and he was sitting, alone in the dark, crying. So I asked him what was wrong, and he said, "My shoes are too tight. But it doesn't matter, because I have forgotten how to dance." I never understood what that meant until now. My shoes are too tight, and I have forgotten how to dance. Pause VIR: ...I don't understand. LONDO: Smiling wistfully Nor should you.
My sister kept asking me what was wrong with me all day today, I kept saying nothing I'm fine until I had a full blown panic attack. Felt really stupid admitting it was because my sock was slightly twisted and felt weird/uncomfortable. (I could feel the seam bunched up under my toes) After I calmed down, she asked what triggered it and I told her my socks were making my toes claustrophobic! (I was in a very public crowded place so couldnt/didn't want to remove my shoes to fix them) my sister understood because her and her 5yr old daughter never wear socks for the same reason (claustrophobic toes!) My neice is autistic and both me and my sister are waiting to be assessed (we both have loads of sensory issues and Adhd symptoms)
Omg when there's too much noise I completely shut down and can't function. Not even speak so I can't tell people to stfu
Hang on, I cannot engage with you right now because my fingernails are too long
How are you not worrying about everything all the time? I don't get how it's possible
Life too short to waste in something you can't control. Just do best you can. In the end as long as you tried, it will or will not work out.
Load More Replies...My bother and I live about 5 hours apart. Several times we've found ourselves traveling in opposite directions on the same highway and we'll call each other and keep track of where we are and then finally stay on the line while we announce we're getting closer and closer and finally, "I see your car!" at which point we'll roll down the windows and wave frantically at each other as we pass from opposite sides of the road at about 70 MPG and laugh like lunes as if that's the funniest thing in the world. Aaaah, family.
That's my husband. He just says I have enough anxiety for the both of us. Fair enough.
And sleeping peacefully when they hit the bed.. I don't get it.. (O_o)
But most of the time they don't have anything going on upstairs... So all we need is a lobotomy or brain damage and we too can possibly lack anxiety..
I have mistaken anxiety and depression for profundity more than once.
Load More Replies...When I'm home I don't really worry. But leaving stresses my right the hell out.
Or a circuit breaker on a timer. No more than 15 minutes of spin cycle thinking.
That's why I start yawning. My brain says "nope, we're done here now. I need to cool down or I'll shut down!"
me just staring off into space in class *pop* fan pops out.”oops my bad fam i was overthinking again”
If "novelty sandwiches" means what I think it means, how is this a bad thing? Melt chocolate chips over peanut butter over bread. You're welcome.
I’ve harbored a grudge since I was 12; I’ll be 60 this year. I’d still dance on her grave- with an entire marching band. This has little effect on my mind. She’s probably fat, has 5 - 8 kids and almost certainly looks older than I do. Petty but it tickles grudge.
Is this Jupiter’s own poop it’s flinging, or some other planet’s poop that passes close enough by them?
I thought the accepted science was that Jupiter (and the other gas giants) were actually sweeping our solar system of most large asteroids? It's one reason they think Earth is capable of supporting life ie: we're not getting pounded by regular planet killers. edit: Well, apparently it's both. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/160330-jupiter-smacked-asteroid-shield-astronomy
Should this be abnormal? The Sun has been flinging deadly charged particles at Earth for 4.5 billion years.
Same. Bonus because they have two insane dogs who will lose their minds. lol
Load More Replies...Had a friend who drove the train that went by my street and once in a while mainly if he knew I was feeling sad he would let me know he'd be passing by and he'd ''honk'' his train 🤗😅
My dad knew a guy who would honk the train when passing our house when I was growing up! So fun!
Load More Replies...I guess this makes me feel a little more social than I thought that I was. I would have stared out the door or window and waved. Lol But try to pull into my driveway and I was never home. Lol
Yeah, but eventually you’ll want to take a shower. With soap. And towels. And a fluffy robe. And clean clothes. And a bed. And steaks. And ice cream. And wine. You get the picture. (If I eat or drink too much citrus, the acid burns my mouth and I develop sores from the burning. Not sure I’d be overly fond of salty coconuts from the ocean either).
Load More Replies...The sequel will be "The Circumstancening 2: This Time, It's Personal."
Load More Replies...I know my face isn't neutral, but I honestly don't care anymore. Edit: My profile pic IS my neutral face, so you can see it doesn't really matter. I was trying for 'neutral' and ended up projecting 'I will kill you in your sleep' instead.
Load More Replies...*Wakes up and sees that it's 5:57* I can sleep for a few more minutes. *i say knowing damn well I am going to sleep way past 6*
Isn’t it just amazing how that extra ten minutes suddenly turns into an hour and a half, and you swear you JUST closed your eyes a second ago?
Load More Replies...Actually looked up the recipe. It’s a nope for me. Any recipe with mile long lists of ingredients and complicated and/or time-consuming instructions is a hard pass in my book. I don’t have the time or the inclination for complicated recipes. I just want to cook something and eat it, not baby it or have to go through some kind of initiation process for it.
If I had the discipline to wait 25 hours, I wouldn't be eating cake.
So I looked it up. This is a Hungarian version of a honey cake. The reason it needs to chill for that long is that it has a sponge cake layer, and the longer it sits, the softer it gets. It looks pretty, but it has ingredients like Cream of Wheat in it. The Russian honey cake looks really good!
Load More Replies...Looks like something one of my aunts would have made for a family gathering.
I'm such an anxiety-prone introvert that I plan at least three outfits in advance for one event, so I can't use this excuse.
And definitely try them on well before the event.
Load More Replies...I didn't go to a bbq because I couldn't find socks. So yeah, I feel that.
Watching Netflix on the couch, fall asleep halfway through like Snorlax, wake up an hour or so later, make some snacks and coffee so I can stay awake and resume Netflix. That's my weekend.
I never understood this whole thing about needing to squeeze as much out of the weekend as possible by being super-active and stuff. My perfect weekend is playing video games and/or (binge-)watching something on YouTube/Netflix, occasionally stepping out onto the balcony to give my plants some TLC, and sleeping :)
My last therapist really helped me get out of the hole I had fallen into, and I like to think that in return she enjoyed my company. I made her laugh several times and told her how cool her tattoos were (I went to the student clinic at my local university, which meant that it was much cheaper but more importantly it meant being assigned to someone about my own age, which made me more comfortable).
I mean... If you actually don't care you can basically do anything. Be rude to dumb people? It's not gonna affect you. Bad grades? Idc. But sadly, that doesn't really happen.
Load More Replies...If someone starts a conversation with a subject I have no interest in, I just say ' I didn't ask' and then walk away.
You can't say that! or you won't be pressed into other conversations you don't care about.
I've done that. Only once, though. It felt amazing and now, years later, my coworkers remember it and tell new hires about it.
Don't take this the wrong way, but i don't care.(I'm combining this one and #47)
Load More Replies...Someone should write a guide on where to put your feet when someone hugs you. In fact, body parts in general. Chapter One - feet. Chapter Two - arms. Chapter Three - nose. And so on.
I would write this if I knew the answers. My grandma always hugs me so tightly I very literally can't breathe. It happened twice outside of a restaurant. Very awkward.
Load More Replies...Do people really have that many unannounced visitors? I only have one "visitor" a month and it's UPS delivering my ADHD medication, and the only reason I open the door is because I have to sign for it.
This really means that these people are not actually weird. But how you label people is.
Was going to get back into shape, but that assumes I once was in shape.
Yup. It's awful and I feel really bad BUT STOP TALKING SHUSH
Oh yes! It's why I'd never turn my back on noise-cancelling earbuds ever again. Heck, I wish I had invisible ones so I could pop them in at work too, especially at the checkout desk (I'm a librarian, and sometimes you'd think we're being invaded by a herd of water buffalos)
Depends how many other things have been going on for me that day. It's really bad if it's when I'm working, because you can't get kids to just be silent when they play.
Especially people standing next to each other or on the phone and feel the need to yell so everyone within 25 yards can hear them.
Like they are in the trenches, being attacked, talking on a walkie-talkie during WWII.
Load More Replies...I'm in high school right now and the maths we learn is absolutely useless. The only useful thing I've learnt is how to do taxes.
I'm happy your high school is teaching you how to do this. Most US public school curriculums do not include it.
Load More Replies...I f*****g hate how complicated everything is! What even is the prurpose of life and why is it so important to have a functioning society? Why couldn’t we have stayed in the stone age forever!?
My pharmacy will text me that I'm out of refills, text YES if you want us to call your doctor to authorize a new prescription. Not only YES, but HELL YES. Please and thank you.
I wouldn't be able to do it if I had to call. I usually go in to get a new script, but have done telehealth sometimes which is okay for me because they have to ring, I just have to answer.
People who thought the word would end in 2012 were laughed at but has anything that happened since felt real?
We say, "Pis Maco" (Serbian), which translates to, "Go away kitten".
Or just ignore it like I do. Even being Chistian I have never understood saying bless you.
I remember learning a few years ago that once upon a time the belief was that one’s soul could be dislodged from one’s body while sneezing which would give evil spirits the opportunity to gain possession unless of course one had the protection of a blessing.
Load More Replies...Or take a leaf from Jerry Seinfeld’s book, and say: “You’re so good looking.”
The waiting is the hardest part - every day you see one more card. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart - the waiting is the hardest part. *checks email yet again*
"Fish heads, fish heads, roly poly fish heads." Cryptic? I'll give you cryptic.
'I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour But heaven knows I'm miserable now "Oh, you've been in the house too long", she said And I naturally fled'
I'm a GenXer. "When you say it's gonna happen now, when exactly do you mean? You see, I've already waited too long, and all my hope is gone."
"And it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of the tunnel, is just a freight train coming your way."🎶
Here, a still shot of a video doesn't do it justice. https://youtu.be/bbKqHKOxezg
Thank you for sharing the link...that was adorable
Load More Replies...Midnight on Christmas eve a ghost appears: "Behold miserable wretch the chains that in life you have forged link by link ... Ghost: "whoahh there sure is a lot of chain here, sheesh like it just keeps going and going..."
Only a ghost would have the time to figure out what I'm doing wrong, and yes, two back-ups would be a good plan.
Never knew that feeling, with at best a handful of exceptions have always spent it at home with my family ♥ Maximum chill
I'm lowkey suspicious of anyone's cell phone whose camera is not pointed at the floor
I don't have kids, but I want to know for the future, is it still socially acceptable to drop your kids off at a party and leave until it ends? I know my mum generally stayed when my younger siblings had to go to parties but that was because one was disabled and because she just likes to talk. When she had five of us around on weekends when us older three were going to parties she would just drop us off.
When we had chickens they would run around in a frenzy of excitement waiting for someone to let them out into the yard and I vividly remember my dad saying how much he envied them.
With the hens it's generally because they have laid an egg. If I had to do that I would probably scream too. What amuses me about chickens is the find places they don't think anyone will find them to lay, but then their noise alerts you about where the egg will be.
Pocket-sized diaries are too small to write anything about the concept of life.
I have a grudge against a teacher who didn’t even wish me happy birthday. She is very mean to be honest
just say a bunch of curse words.... it will connect you to a person fast!
Antisocial: contrary to the laws and customs of society; devoid of or antagonistic to sociable instincts or practices.
My mental health seems to have declined way too much suddenly because I had a huge breakdown regarding homework yesterday and I’ve still not gotten over it
I get that too but over assignments I have to mark. I understand your pain.
Load More Replies...Antisocial: contrary to the laws and customs of society; devoid of or antagonistic to sociable instincts or practices.
My mental health seems to have declined way too much suddenly because I had a huge breakdown regarding homework yesterday and I’ve still not gotten over it
I get that too but over assignments I have to mark. I understand your pain.
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