Social Anxiety Warriors Gifts

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

Bob wasn't responding to treatment - or anything else.

'I don't want him experiencing anything until I've totally checked it out.'

"Barking sometimes helps me relax. But then it drives the neighbors crazy."

Pinocchio's Second Realization

Fight or Flight

"Try thinking about something else."

'I guess my brain just started to really care about itself.'

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

That party went well.

"Why can't I get anything done unless I'm totally stressed out about it?" "Is it possible to be relaxed and still be productive?" "What is wrong with my brain?" "Why don't you work better?"

"We're going to the Vet aren't we."

A Hypochondriac's Worst Nightmare

Flu vaccine.

"I'd like to be a shake-it-off kind of person, but I'm more of a cling-to-it-and-focus-on-it-until-it's-irrevocably-weaved-into-my-psyche sort of gal."

"Can you recommend a wine that goes well with red meat, Zanex, and Lipitor?"

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

'He won't eat his lettuce until I've washed it five times. I'm sure his OCD is getting worse!'

Some of us are calm on the surface but paddling like crazy underneath, and some of us are just the opposite.

'They're just a few bored students with some vague ideology. They'll be gone and forgotten in no time.'

'You have a fauxbia.'

'Just checking that I've turned off the lights, dear!'

'While they're still enthusiastic do you think we could get them to take on climate change and the war on drugs as well?'

'You're not paranoid, due to terrorism, feeling anxious all the time is the 'new normal'.'

"It's good you feel ready to confront your demons. Unfortunately, they're reluctant to face you."

'No we don't have any fly vaccine yet - how about something for anxiety. . . we have plenty of that.'

Bring your problems to work day.

Nervous at a party.

"Too much caution can take all the fun out of life." "Mind if I get a second opinion?"

"I got another callback. My agent says it's between me and the guy who's going to get it."

"You must try to relax more"

Being-convinced your plants always know what you're thinking phobia.

'Hello Doctor. I'm Ed Shannon and these are my neuroses.'

'I've been told I grind my teeth while I'm napping at work.'

Middle age anxiety about leaving the house.