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Anxiety

Aaron

Was very anxious on Thursday. So I decided to try and go in the shop on my own again and buy something. I managed to do it but the girls at the till started talking about my dog, they were only asking how she was and that they really like her. I wasn’t really saying much, just wanted too get out of there, my Mum said how proud and happy she was that I managed to go in and buy something, but honestly I really don’t want to do it again.

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  • Well done. It will get easier on the 3rd or 4th time.

    Once it becomes not new it will be less of an emotional challenge, which will free up the processing power to exchange a few more words with the people. Dogs are a good way to get people to interact with you. May not be what you always want though.

    You've proven you can do it. Nothing terrible happened.

    Don't you feel like you achieved something?

  • in reply to Stuart333

    Thank you Stuart. I just wish I could’ve been a bit more talkative, my mum did say to me if I want to she would explain about me being autistic and that I get really anxious talking to people, but I’m happy that I managed to buy something on my own.

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