"I learned a few weeks ago that small talk and the occasional silence are okay and perfectly acceptable. Also, offering my input isn’t always appropriate.

Being somewhere without someone talking unnerves me in a way that I don’t know if I can ever describe. Like, we could be talking about whatever, sunshine and rainbows or whatever, and we run out of conversation, and they’re totally fine with that, meanwhile, I’m about to have an anxiety attack if someone does start talking immediately. It feels like I’m about to be murdered right there and maybe worse.

It happened at a bar a few years ago where everyone had just stopped talking and I was freaking out."

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