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May 30, 2014, 05:01 PM
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So I've been doing a summer/night school sociology course. It's really awesome and fun and I love sociology but I missed the first three units. The one I did make was about social norms and socialization.... Which I discovered meant all those little spoken or (mostly) unspoken rules that I am hyper aware of, anxious of breaking, and everyone tells me don't exist. And guess what, the normal response for missing/not following these norms is, apparently, ANXIETY!
Yup. Written on the whiteboard in all caps is the justification of what has controlled my life for all these years. What everyone was telling me was just in my head. God, that was not the validation I wanted. Regardless, anyone with social anxiety/phobia get told unspoken norms don't exist. Any in particular that are frustrating? One for me is the unspoken rules of gift giving.
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May 30, 2014, 05:51 PM
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I really have problems responding to compliments. I know I should just say thank you but I feel like I should say something back..but I feel put on the spot of what I can come up with to say.
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