By EyesofStone - 01/06/2016 01:03 - United States

Today, I decided to work on my social anxiety by ordering some food. I waited in line, practicing my order in my head all the way. When I got to the front, I said my order with no mistakes. The cashier just stared blankly at me until I mumbled, "Never mind..." and left. FML
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ScratchCatPower 32

Aww. I know it's really difficult to do something like that with social anxiety. Keep at it! You can do it. You should be proud of yourself for trying and getting that far!

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H4H 15

Hey, you still went up and talked to the guy? That's something to be pretty proud of in my opinion, congrats OP

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fsr1967 9

EyesOfStone, as many others have said here, you did great getting out there and doing it - be proud of yourself! Are you getting professional help for your anxiety? There are great therapeutic techniques and meds that can work very well for anxiety. I'm not a doctor (and haven't ever played one on TV), but I suffer from anxiety (among other things), and have found a combination of therapy and meds to be very helpful.

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creativityisnt 19

A+ for effort, OP. Anxiety is a hard thing to work with. Keep trying! Don't let some dumb fast food worker (but not all of them are dumb!) keep you from trying to make yourself a better person

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kansmich 8

I have bad anxiety too so when I'm having bad days I'll text myself what I'm going to order so when I get to the front of the line I just pretend I'm ordering for a friend and read it. it's keeps me distracted so I don't feel the pressure of them staring at me and I don't feel silly for reading it.

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metalcrazed 21

You were very brave in my opinion one of my friends faces the same problem. Cashiers and resteraunt workers not paying attention or being rude just piss me off.

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kbecks87 16

I mean, I get what your saying, and it's fantastic that OP is trying to better themselves but it's not a cashiers job to cater to people's idiosyncrasies. You have no idea what the cashiers day has been like or how OP delivered the order. It could have come out too fast and jumbled and the cashier was thinking they'd realize and repeat themselves. Especially since we have no way of knowing how much time passed between the order and 'never mind' the 'state' could have lasted less than a couple seconds.

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metalcrazed 21

I worked in food service as a teenager,yeah it's stressful but people in food service need to realize that customers have stressful jobs,partners or whatever too the last thing a person needs after a long annoying day is someone making it worse. As for the staring the person should have just asked them to repeat themselves staring is rude.

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losersgirl 9

I actually used to have really bad anxiety like you! Obviously it hits me everyday but in smaller doses now. Especially socially. Cashiers were my worst nightmare. Something I read somewhere was try and make the other person feel comfortable and after some practice you'll forget about how they are making you feel and focus outward which feels easier to me.

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Minion99 1

Probably asked for a burger at chick fil et

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Zmanryan3 9

It all in your head. Stop being weird. Man up and grow a pair.

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ambitiousnerd 16

You obviously don't understand how debilitating anxiety can be. It's a disease like diabetes is. You can't just tell someone to snap out of it.

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Zmanryan3 9

I'm sorry I can't talk I have anxiety I'm a big loser and I am going to starve because I can't walk into a restaurant and order food for myself I have to be a mute point to what I want to eat.

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NostalgiaFreak9 41

Typical, an internet tough guy who tries to act smart and tough, but is too stupid and ignorant to understand how anxiety works. I think you have issues of your own that I recommend getting checked out if you take pleasure in telling somebody with anxiety to man up and grow a pair, because people who have a brain and are also mentally sane understand that anxiety doesn't work like that. Yes, there are people who fake having anxiety just for attention, but anxiety is actually real and it's nothing to joke about.

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ambitiousnerd 16

I have social anxiety and have to rehurse things in my head too because I don't want to make any mistakes and embarrass myself. Phone calls are the worst for me. I'm on meds and it's doing wonders for me. So there is hope!!

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