Personal Narrative In Overcoming Social Anxiety

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for the most part, everyone has experienced at least one social predicament in their life. In my case, it was having to interact with customers and having to assist them with their merchandise as a cashier. After my boss instructed me to work at the register for the first time, my anxiety started to rise at the thought of being rushed and silently judge by the lack of knowledge I had with my occupation. Although this event triggered my social anxiety, I knew sooner or later I had to get over it. My motive in overcoming my obstacle came from a famous quote from one of my favorite artists, Ed Sheeran. The quote basically said that, “Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.” On my first day at work, my manager

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