Overcoming Social Anxiety Gifts

'Welcome to the first meeting of the Shy Men Club.'

"Let's welcome our new member, Bob!" "You, too!" "'You, too'? Idiot!"

"It's not the persistent lack of sunlight or freezing temperatures that bother me - it's the crowds I can't stand."

'Life is all attitude: 45 seconds of enjoying it...45,000 hours of regretting it...'

That party went well.

"I think I'm having pre-traumatic stress disorder."

Prejudice/Empathy

"It's a beautiful day. I should go for a walk. . . Oh, now my neighbors are all out there."

It's A Breeze

"I thought you did a great job with your gender neutral statements ... There will be a second date."

Nervous at a party.

Polio - The Comeback Kid

"Mom, Suzy keeps coming closer than 6 feet to me."

Join the protest march, I'm lonely.

"Whisky? Have you got anything stronger?"

The Shy Nudist Camp.

"It's just a little device I use to help relieve the anxiety from meeting new people."

"The thing about society is that it gives me such anxiety..."

'Some things are better left unsaid but I never know what they are until after I've said them.'

"I invited a few friends over. Don’t worry – you can still be miserable."

"This was the closest I could get to being invisible."

'But what if the author doesn't want to meet us?'

'I know they're just kids...but seriously, do I to go and get need my anti-stab vest?'

The back of the Taj Mahal.

Another form of performance anxiety.

"Do I look old and ugly to you? I'm only wondering because I'm the only woman in this company who hasn't been sexually harassed!"

Lenny, the Fifth Wheel of the Apocalypse

Missing the human touch.

Arrival in the New World was a stressful time for the pilgrims on the Wallflower.

Six feet and a smile

"Let's go somewhere fun and not really experience it."

"Is it the same for you? Every time I meet someone new I start to feel unwanted."

Woke Christmas - Consent form hanging next to a bunch of mistletoe.

"The Building Society is repossessing this box for arrears in your mortgage payment."

"Oh, the pain I can take—it's the awkward silence between conversations that's torture."