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“Our anxiety tells us that everyone holds impossibly high expectations of us and we're failing miserably. Fear tells us that everyone is judging us and deciding we can't be a part of their social circle. These thoughts fuel our social anxiety, which fuels the lies that we'll never be accepted. It's a vicious cycle.”
― Don't Be Strangers, How to Talk to Anyone For Introverts: Easy Guide to Better Small Talk and Conversations to Make Friends - Boost Confidence and Conquer Social Anxiety, Awkwardness, and Shyness

“The Heimberg Model theorizes that anxiety is generated due to an image we create of ourselves in social situations. In our mind's eye, we see the perception that we think other people are making of us.”
― Don't Be Strangers, How to Talk to Anyone For Introverts: Easy Guide to Better Small Talk and Conversations to Make Friends - Boost Confidence and Conquer Social Anxiety, Awkwardness, and Shyness