The rules are made up and the points don't matter

[miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

The fuckers forgot their car keys and had to dash back in!

[dwindling7373@feddit.it]

Maybe we should seriously stop normalyzing anxiety.

[honytawk@lemmy.zip]

Yeah, just stop normalizing talking with people who don't want to socialize.

The problem in the comic isn't the neighbor, it is talking to the neighbor.

Just walk past without saying a word. What are they going to do? Move?

[buboscandiacus@mander.xyz]

Just say "Hi !" if you're not an asshole

[dragonfucker@lemmy.nz]

People with anxiety are valid and deserve to have their problems taken seriously

[dwindling7373@feddit.it]

There is no problem in the comic. We live in a society, democracy is based on the idea that we want others to be treated fairly, we should start to act like one.

Greeting your neightbour is a good, easy, positive thing.

[myturtleswimsupsidedown@fedia.io]

Only if they say “hi” first. There’s no reason to engage if they don’t.

[usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca]

Are they afraid to leave their apartment? It looks like they're outside their apartment with needing the key to turn the deadbolt.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

Yes, but this situation isn't necessarily anxiety. It can just be social awkwardness, not wanting to have to say hi, etc.

[jjjalljs@ttrpg.network]

I don't get it. Are they afraid of possibly having a brief interaction with a neighbor?

[feathercrown@lemmy.world]

Skill issue

[remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world]

Social awkwardness can be a part of anxiety.

[awesomelowlander@sh.itjust.works]

Did I say otherwise? I only said anxiety is not the only possible cause

[sneaky@r.nf]

Yes, we are.

[honytawk@lemmy.zip]

Sure, but it isn't a necessary thing.

Not even in a society where everyone gets treated fairly.

[brunbrun6766@lemmy.world]

Swear to God some of you were raised in caves

[remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world]

Your comment, it’s probably not, it’s probably something else, really doesn’t lend itself to allowing it.

[jjjalljs@ttrpg.network]

...why though?

Reminds me of a favorite line from a song, "I don't want you to romanticize falling the fuck apart"

[pandemanium@lemm.ee]

They are and they do, but this example is extreme. Having been on both sides of this, I'd say no one should have to live their life in fear of every little interaction. It's exhausting, and you will never succeed in getting every person to leave you alone anyway. But this doesn't have to be "the way it is." You can actually change and make your life easier. Sometimes it takes help and a long time, but I believe most people can do it if they really want to.

[socialmediarefugee@lemmy.world]

They make me anxious...