Socially Anxious Gifts

Overweight man asking girl to dance

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

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

That party went well.

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

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

Nervous at a party.

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

"There she is! Don’t be nervous. Just be yourself, walk over there and sniff her."

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

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

Democracy In Action

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

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

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

Another form of performance anxiety.

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

Lenny, the Fifth Wheel of the Apocalypse

Bob had a lot to prove – which happens when you're wrong most of the time.

'I hate networking.'

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

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

Rebels without causes: Lorem ipsum, T.B.D., Insert slogan here

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

The reassurer: the magazine for chronic worriers

Now playing... everything you said at the party.

'Sorry, I never know what to do with my hands in social situations.'

In the embarrassment cemetery

D*mn it.

"They must be out...'Neighbours' is on the television!"

Another way to keep an empty seat beside you on the train.

'I'm sure we haven't met. I use a telephoto lens.'

"Pack your bags and cancel your plans. The neighbors invited us to dinner and I told them we'd be out of town."

'I'm really shy you see: I guess I'll never be a 'Social Butterfly'...'

'Hello... fear of greeting people at holiday seasons hotline.'