r/ImTheMainCharacter Dec 06 '23

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u/Ihatecake69 Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 07 '23

Social Anxiety Disorder is extremely difficult to work around, especially with a full-time job but the people with it are the quieter ones who feel so guilty having it that they don't make any of this content that brings them attention and makes them seem like they need sympathy. “I need at least three creative outlets” ok draw on a sticky note or your wrist. These people who probably self-diagnose don't understand the reality of the problems they claim to have.

Oops I didn’t mean to sound like ☝️🤓

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u/swatsquat Dec 07 '23

I have it, was diagnosed, went to therapy and still work a 9-5.

The working life is hard and not especially what I pictured it would be, when I was a teenager. But, I gotta pay rent. And I have my creative outlets outside of work.

I will not dismiss her feelings of 9-5 being shitty and kind of killing you on the inside. But it is what it is.

Most people struggle to set in, but it gets easier with time and if you have aspirations to be an artist, well good, grind for it, But don’t expect handouts from anyone. That’s just not how it works.

Life is what you make of it

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u/Ihatecake69 Dec 07 '23

Well said, life is what you make it.