Is anyone else going or been through this ?

Well yes and no.... I've always had social-anxiety so it wasn't a new thing this year, but the depression just got way worse which took away my motivation and willingness to give a shit about things, so the (these days) manageable social discomfort felt that much more insurmountable.

What I've done before, is what sort of activities can you do that don't trigger the anxiety? For instance, I've found FnB to be really useful for me as a socially anxious person because it's not like a party where the goal is to socialize, you're there to cut vegetables and cook food, the socializing could be as much or as little as you like and you always have the work to fall back on, if that makes sense.

But lately I've recognized that the kind of "activism" I was doing before, or maybe even just the mindset I had when doing it was done out of guilt / from a self-sacrificing standpoint... It's just not sustainable, we should do things out of solidarity, fighting for ourselves and others because together we're stronger. I donno, it's hard to put words to the feeling, maybe it's self-confidence or self-respect or something, but just giving yourself permission to be lazy sometimes, and not do shit that makes you feel terrible and demoralized, is really helpful I think.

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