How Those With Social Anxiety Are Misunderstood

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They can’t take a joke

My boyfriend has an incredible sense of humor. Some people think, however, that he can’t take a joke because he freezes up when new people tell a joke. This only happens because he doesn’t know them well enough to know if it’s a joke. The thought of laughing at something that, turns out, wasn’t a joke causes him immense anxiety.

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