| Love Spit Love – How Soon Is Now Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| @[blah020122:45255] I see that this comment is almost 20 years old, but I had to reply. I had never paid attention to the lyrics until recently. This is the perfect explanation. I can totally relate; as a teen in the 90s, I had few friends and was the only one in my group who never had a boyfriend. I was so painfully shy. I would just get told "You'll grow out of it." I'd read articles about how to get over my social anxiety, but none of them helped because they always just said "be yourself." Socially anxious was who I was! Or at least, it seemed that way. I'd go to school dances, hoping someone would notice me... But then I'd just stand alone and wait for someone to ask me to dance instead of asking someone myself. And I really did want to die, because I just could not figure out how to be "normal." It seems that nowadays, it's "cool" to have social anxiety. Or at least, less stigmatized, so more people are comfortable opening up about their anxiety and poor social skills. | |
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