You just got out of a mental hospital a month ago and you see someone you met inside walking down the street with someone else. You really want to say ‘hi’ to her, but then the thought occurs to you that maybe the person she’s walking with doesn’t know she was in a mental hospital. Maybe he/she is like, a work colleague or something.
What would you say if she tries to introduce you to her friend? Would you make something up like “uh, yeah, we met in… um…” (come on, think, dammit, think!) “… church” (argh dammit why did I say that? I’m an atheist)
Do you just keep walking and hope you see her again. What if you never do? Maybe this is your only chance to make contact.
You never got her number while inside, and why would you? It’s full of crazy people. Then again, she seemed really nice and she laughed when you said “So… do you come here often?”
Maybe that’s when you have the brilliant idea. You’ll ‘accidentally’ run in front of a car and then when she comes to help you, you can pretend we’re meeting for the first time and get her number.
So that’s what you do, but she doesn’t want anything to do with you, because you’re some sort of crazy weirdo who jumps in front of cars to get people’s attention. Then again, you did just get out of a mental hospital. You’re probably going back there, now.
Not a true story, but jokes aside, what would you do? Am I overstating the social anxiety?
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Say hello and leave the story telling to her.
I’d probably just walk by her without saying anything and then afterwards if I’m lucky I’ll only hate myself for the next few weeks or so.