Being Anti-Social Class Essay

Until recently I had a tremendous problem with being anti-social. I didn’t want to talk openly, present papers, or speak in front of a class. Often times I didn’t even ask the teacher a question when I didn’t understand something. It’s not that I was uncomfortable in class or school at all, but I was afraid of being judged for being room in this setting, it was weird because I was also a cheerleader, one of the loudest on the field. Therefore, I don’t think shy or bashful were the correct terms to describe my actions. In group settings, I wouldn’t want to be in a large group I’d rather be in a group of three or on my own. Evidently, parties weren’t my thing, I hated them and refused to come to most with my friends. Consequently, I was labeled as unapproachable or unfriendly however I …show more content…
When the time came and It was my time to speak I went to the tall brown podium which almost covered up to my shoulders, as I looked out at the people in the audience, the struggle I went through the night before of re-memorizing the speech didn’t help. I forgot the whole speech. I looked out to the few friendly faces which in my head were telling me, “You got this.” I began to speak in my own words and not the oversized words I had used a thesaurus to find just to sound more intelligent. No one seemed to notice that inside I was so afraid of messing up and getting laughed at because, at the end of it all, they clapped. Right then I realized that there was nothing wrong with being myself and I didn’t need to be afraid to say what I mean this lesson helped me greatly and I wish someone had told me that before. It helped so much as I got my first job and could engage in conversations with various people. This risk I took overcoming my social anxiety change my life for the better and I will forever use this lesson as proof that there’s nothing that I can’t push myself to do and no matter what I have to do that I can achieve