“This guy has VERY accurately described the feelings at the root of social anxiety, e.g. the feeling of being unworthy, boring, unlovable, etc.
But what he fails to understand is that these feelings are ACCURATE representations of reality and borne out of repeated lived experiences. Some of us really are just fundamentally unlovable, so his prescription of simply ignoring reality and exposing yourself to further rejection is absurd.
Some of us really are hopeless social pariahs. These so-called “limiting beliefs” don’t just fall out of the sky. We’re not making them up. Advising us to just ignore reality is the worst thing you could possibly do.
Terrible podcast. One star.”
vox.mollis via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
11/15/22