I think having SAD can sometimes be seen as a negative.
However, I have to say that I like the quiet, more reserved members of our
species. Just as we need outgoing, talkative people in this world, I find people
who are reserved and less forthcoming have an air of mystery about them. I have
not met anyone who has SA but I know a number of people who are worriers and
who find being around people can make them highly anxious. I find they have struggled during their lives
and yet they forge on. It seems to me that people who have SA possess an inner
fortitude.
SA seems to go hand in hand with struggle, stress and sensitivity
but that doesn’t mean it comes without its good points. When I recognise
someone who might have SA, I welcome the
sensitivity they often bear. I know that person has any number of
talents which will only be revealed when the time and space is right. To me that is a good thing. I don't want friendship that comes in a blaze of lights and fizzes away to nothing just as quickly as it came.
SA is difficult but like everything it has plenty of good things about it. Like the turtle and the hare, getting to know someone with SA is like the turtle: slow but steady!!
Embrace Social Anxiety today.
