Stephen Parato, Contributor
Waking Times
Ask yourself this question: Why do I care about what other people think?
Don’t you want to live life on your own terms? Why are you letting others dictate your decisions and how you live your life?
Not caring about what others think is the ultimate freedom.
Are you constantly thinking about what could happen in every social situation, instead of being fully in the moment? The vast majority of the time, all of the hypothetical “What if…” projections (that are on replay in your head) don’t even end up happening.
Let go and allow life to flow through you.
Everyone is too busy being concerned with themselves anyway. So why waste your energy worrying so much? This is something you need to drill into your head if you suffer from social anxiety.
Are you really delusional enough to think that everyone around you spends all of their time thinking about you?
