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Yep, that's me. 
I have social anxiety.

I try to please as much as I possibly can, rehearse my order to get it as clear as possible and easy to understand so I don't take too much time at the counter. I do get mistakes rectified, but then apologize to the waiter for bothering them.

And I am physically SICK each time I have to present in public.

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I was having a hard time reading the article because it was hitting FAR too close to home.  Self important?  Ha.  I've invented my own category of self-loathing.  Because life would surely be a lot easier and far more pleasant if I didn't obsess over things that other people don't even notice but can haunt me for days.  I rehearse all interactions in my head.  Everything.  And then I analyze it and see if it is something that I think a "normal" person would say or do in that situation.  Because I know what normal looks like, and I know it doesn't look like me.

Sometimes I decide it's actually all in my head and if I just stop thinking and analyzing and start DOING that day to day life will come more naturally -- like it seems to for everyone else.  I am never rewarded for that optimism.

I don't know the author, but in my own head, there is plenty of room for thoughtful consideration of the big picture and angsting over the mundane and ridiculous. [/quote]

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