No more jokes for me.

I had a pretty normal day today. there was one awful moment though. For my sociology group we had to write down a joke and bring it to class no big deal right? so I went with this one from Bill Hicks "A lot of Christians wear crosses around their necks. Do you think when Jesus comes back he ever wants to see a fuckin' cross? It's kind of like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on." I thought it was really funny. Well the group im in is a bunch of sorority girls there is only one other dude and he knows them. Well they tell there jokes and I know im in trouble there telling what did the duck cross the road jokes. So im sitting theree trying to think of one I can tell real fast and just drawing a blank. My social anxiety was kicking my ass I was sweating I had this crazy urge to excuse myself and leave but I couldnt. So finally its my turn now I know I should just say some shit make one up but I was so nervous and they were just looking at me like I was a moron. So I just read it and there was dead silence they are all looking at me like wtf. So I just get up and leave. Luckily the teacher is my phycololigist so it was ok to leave. The shitty part is I have to be in the same group every thursday for the rest of the semester.

On a positive note I my phych gave me a social anxiety workbook and he seems to be commited to helping me come up with some strategies to manage it. I really feel that if I can get my anxiety under control that my quality of life and overall happyness would be soo much better. I really hate feeling like I cant talk to people it has slowly caused me to lose any self confidence i might have had. I really hope one day I will get to place were I can be happy.

 

Dude, you're in Alabama, what did you expect?!

 

Social Anxiety is definitely something that can be overcame! Without drugs, in my case.

 

I got a nice good belly laugh from it---thanks!

 

It's a great joke, and a good point too. Eff the people who take religion so bloody seriously; a sense of humour is vital to life.

I'd like to echo soundsystem: social anxiety is totally beatable, and in most cases without meds. What therapy are you using? CBT has a lot of success with anxiety disorders in general, and if you can trace your anxiety back to early trauma then EMDR could well be a useful tool as well.

 

Great joke, just very poor audience...

 

Dave

We just started doing CBT therapy, but its funny you mention childhood trauma as that is the reason I started seeing this therapist about a year ago. I dont really know what EMDR is but I will definatly look into it.

 

He didnt actually tell the joke as it seemed inappropriate so he made one up, Right?

 

no I told the joke