Posted by Miss Honeychurch on November 18, 2004, at 8:21:31
In reply to Disappointed myself, posted by partlycloudy on November 18, 2004, at 8:04:51
pc,
So what if you embarassed yourself? What's the worst that could happen? You will still be alive, you will still be pc. This is not a terrible situation. You seem to be approaching it from the "it would be absolutely AWFUL if I embarassed myself. I SHOULD not embaress myself."
How about saying to yourself - "I may embarass myself, but it's hardly the end of the world. People embarass themselves all the time. I won't be the first not the last to do so."
Now of course I'm not saying you WILL embarass yourself, but it always helps me to prepare for worst case scenarios. And they always turn out MUCH better. I don't have any social anxiety, so your quandry is hard for me to truly understand, but I can of course sympathize.
I just feel that you have found dance to be the perfect form of self-expression for you. I believe you owe it to yourself to explore it further.
So, perhaps one way around this fear is maybe you could purposefully show up 15 minutes late to class. That way you won't have to mill around before class starts and be anxious about people talking to you. If you're late, you have no choice but to jump right in without all of the preliminary small talk.
I am so rooting for you PC! BE brave girl! I would totally go with you if I could!
poster:Miss Honeychurch
thread:417356
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20041114/msgs/417362.html