Socially Anxious Reader Gifts

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

That party went well.

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

"I'm still pre-literate."

Fear of news.

'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.'

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

Another form of performance anxiety.

The Tell-Tale Heart 2: Lost Phone On Vibrate

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

'She will not call on me, she will not call on me, she. . .'

"Feel free to imagine you might have any of the conditions you read about in the magazines."

Lenny, the Fifth Wheel of the Apocalypse

"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."

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

Shows Targeted to men/Shows targeted to women

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.'

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

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

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

D*mn it.

In the embarrassment cemetery

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

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

'Remember, our hosts are from a swing state, so no political babble or they may snap!'

Out of my comfort zone

"Now let's all introduce... ourselves."