I have social anxiety but it’s gotten so much better. I’m finally able to go to places alone and I’m even considering giving college another go this year. I still do therapy and my therapist constantly encourages me to keep doing exposure, so that’s what I did today. I was minding my own business, I didn’t even pay attention to these people around my age in the shop but when I was paying I heard them laughing and saying things like “Look at what she’s wearing” and such, they we’re very obviously referring to me as this one girl was pointing and the others we’re laughing not even trying to be discreet about it. I wasn’t even wearing anything irregular. Just a pair of jeans and a shirt with my coat on, all slightly baggy but that’s just what I like to wear — it wasn’t that far off from what they we’re all wearing, just the girls we’re wearing tighter-fitting things and the boys we’re in tracksuits.
It’s such a set back for me. I don’t understand why people have to be so mean to people they don’t know. It’s not my first time people similar to them have said something to me and it’s seriously just got me thinking back to when I was badly bullied in secondary school for absolutely no reason I can think of.