I don’t have social anxiety but I thought I was going to bang my head on the wall during thanksgiving dinner. I always host thanksgiving. My mother who is pretty sick demanded and insisted on hosting it this year. When I host people are civil because I have a peaceful home. Not so much when my parents host...

My parents house is cluttered and causes me stress (I am a clean freak). My dad and brother enjoy agitated discussion about politics (I don’t share their political views), it was deeply disturbing to me. My dad is perpetually dismissive of my husband (my dad is toxic). My husband has Tourette’s and was so stressed that he couldn’t stop ticking, poor guy. My niece argued with her mother, my sister in law, who always knows everything better (she doesn’t know anything but thinks she does). We both left feeling sick and exhausted.

I can’t even imagine how someone with SA survive this kind of nightmare. Hugs to all who struggle through holidays