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Anxiety. A lot of people have it, especially in Gen Z. And people get anxious in all sorts of situations. Some of you might be overthinking about what to say to people. Or maybe you're just nervous sitting down in public when you see people watching. Oh my god. Or maybe you just hate public speaking with all your guts. And well, these are all situations I have faced myself. And today we're going to be going over some of the most common situations I have faced having anxiety. And honestly, I think it's safe to start with the most common one.
public speaking yeah public speaking barely anyone likes public speaking unless you're just really extroverted i don't think i can name a single person that i know that does not get nervous when they have to go up there and give a presentation unless they do it for a living like the amount of pressure on you is insane bro like you're being watched by hundreds of people sometimes and it's even worse when you don't give a fuck about the subject matter you're talking about and this is how i
feel during most of my presentations. I hate them, bro. I just cannot do it. I get through it, but barely. I'm literally soaking in sweat by time it's over. When I get up there to speak, my first word that comes out of my mouth is birdgang.shop Black Friday sale. Everything is $10 off. And plus, we brought the very new schlumped design that has two different variations, the sober and the stoner version. And remember, these are all limited time only, so go cop yourself one at birdgang.shop. Always a voice cracked word like,
Okay, guys. Like, even my voice box is afraid to speak. And when I'm up there, I'm holding this piece of paper with, like, all my notes. Like, my entire script is on this piece of paper. I'm holding it, and my hands are trembling, and I feel like I'm short on breath, and I'm just gonna fucking die.
Collapse on the floor at any moment honestly I look like a whole goof reading my entire script on a piece of paper in front of the class But at this point I don't even care gets me through all my speeches and presentations But you know what's even worse than just the presentation itself when the teacher asks you questions afterward, bro You are the biggest op. Just let me sit down bro. You're ruining it for everybody You are making the entire class sit there in awkward silence waiting for me to answer this question that I did
do not know the answer to. But technically, Birdie, I mean, you need expertise in your top- shut the fuck- On our scale, 10 being the worst, 1 being the best, I'll give it a nice 8 out of 10. Honestly, there's worse ones out there. But speaking of school, of course, not only do we have presentations, we also got tests, bro. I don't know if this one's just me, but whenever I don't study for a test that well, and then I see something that's just complete hieroglyphics, I don't know what it means, I start to get nervous as
Like, I'm in a physiology class required by my school right now, and I literally have to memorize the most random terminology. We get thrown pop quizzes every week. I get it, and I look at it, and it's just like some shit like, Like, what the fuck? Like, how do I even decipher that? I get it back, and I get like a 2 out of 10 on that bitch. That was like sweating buckets the whole time.
But now tell me not. When that happens, you just lose focus. Your focus is out the window. You're thinking about like how you're gonna do so shit on the test and your parents are gonna beat your ass when you get home. And it was always in my science classes too. I never experienced that in any other- or maybe history. But besides that, I haven't experienced anything like that. English, I quite literally just wrote down some bullshit. And in math? We're not even gonna talk about math. Well, sometimes in school, you meet new people. That's just what happens. And...
For me, I get anxiety when I meet new people. Because small talk is just so booty cheeks, bro! Like, I made a video on it a year ago, and that shit was straight ass. But I was spitting facts, though, I'm not gonna lie. It's kinda annoying going through that process of trying to get to know somebody. And I mean, at the end of the day, yeah, sure, it does give you some good practice when it comes to social skills and things like that, but it's so goddamn annoying to go through the same questions
Every time like I'd rather get to know the person more than just asking. Oh, how's your semester going? You know what i'm saying? Sometimes the conversation doesn't really feel natural or maybe i'm just overthinking it in my head I don't know or maybe i'm overthinking this entire video. I'm kidding. I'm kidding maul
talk, maybe a good seven. But for me, what's even worse than trying to just talk to new people in general, every time I talk to the girls, man, I fold. I'm not going to lie. I be folding. I mean, I get nervous as shit and I'm trying to act like I'm not. And obviously they can see right through my ass, bro. Like it's not working. Every time I go up to a girl and try to talk to her, bro, it's just awkward. I don't know. It just doesn't really work out well. So, um, oh,
What do you think about this class? Um, it's okay. That's cool. So, what's your major? Biology. What about you? I'm in, uh...
Like call my ass a MacBook Air the way I'm folding bro. Like Jesus Christ. Like honestly, bro. I'm the type of dude that just run out of questions and then ask a girl what her favorite color is instead of ending the conversation. Of course, my social skills are fucking boof. So obviously that's probably what led to the anxiety happening in the first place. Honestly, at this point, I just got to learn to stop
caring so much and stop taking everything way too seriously. Like fuck man, if I tell a girl that I like to play Minecraft and go on Discord in the evenings, like yeah sure, she might think I'm the biggest mod of all time, but I'll still survive, right? Not like I'm gonna die the next morning just because that happened. Maybe of embarrassment, but nothing else. Talking to the girls for me, pretty nerve-wracking. I have to give that a 9 out of 10. Pretty close to the top spot. Sometimes when you're at school, work, or
wherever the hell you go during the day, you got to use the bathroom like it happens. But sometimes, bro, I get anxiety going in the public restrooms, dog. Oh my God. Don't even get me started. When the restrooms are so nasty and just filled to the brim with people, I can't take it, bro. It's bad. Like I literally just want to leave. Like at that point, I'd rather go find a prickly bush to piss in and get needles all over me. But
For the ladies out there, let me tell you about this struggle. So when I walk into the bathroom, there's a guy standing, you know, at the urinal, like, on the right, right? So I take the urinal at the left, and we're both locked in, just staring at the wall. And we're both praying to God, letting the stream go, that no one takes the center one. And of course, keep in mind, these urinals are borderless. And then somebody takes the urinal!
he takes the center one and now we're all in a pissing stalemate. Thanks a lot, bro. Never, ever, ever be that guy, bro. Now, of course, since I have a shy bladder, I'm nervous as hell because obviously it's weird when another dude's got a schlong out next to me. This one's getting our first 10 of 10, bro. I'm not even gonna hold you. This one is fucking awful. But in general, they're not too bad unless this happens or it's really crowded. And now I don't know how many of you are at this stage of life yet. But of course, at some point, you're gonna have to go through
An interview, bro. Now, it wasn't like too terrible. I mean, I still fucking hated it for sure. And I was nervous as shit. But at the same time, it was for a grocery store job. So it really wasn't that serious. At the time, I was 16. So if I didn't get the job, ah, fuck it. Who cares? And for those of you that have gone through this, you can definitely relate to this. They ask you, oh, why do you want to work at this establishment? Or what brings you here, bro?
Bro, why do you think I'm here? I gotta get my bread somehow. I was broke as shit. My wallet was looking like that one episode of SpongeBob when he's sitting there with the penny and the paperclip and shit like that. The answer is pretty fucking obvious. I don't think we have to discuss it. I just said some bullshit like, oh yeah, this place, you know, it's known for its great customer service. And you know, I can really do the due diligence of serving the customers.
Even though I was straight booty cheeks at my job, but the experience I had wasn't too bad But i'm sure some of you had it worse So maybe like a six seven out of ten but on this job, I finally got a break after four hours So I would go to eat something and then sometimes I would get nervous when eating in front of people But for me personally this one really isn't all that bad to be honest with you This supermarket would make pizza and fried chicken I'd be like dude i'm gonna look like such a slob if I take this big of a bite or just I don't know I would just over
think the fuck out of it. I thought people were watching me at every second, bro. Maybe a 3, 4 out of 10. Like, if I'm hungry, I'm hungry, bro. I gotta eat somehow. I can't let anybody else's opinion on me get in the way of the eats, bro. But although this one isn't very too bad, though...
Call anxiety is my downfall. Like I can't even call up a Papa John's pizza real quick without getting nervous. Like I don't know why I'm getting so nervous. It's literally just a Papa John's pizza. But I guess the reason why I get so goddamn nervous on the phone when the person on the other line says something and then it comes out muffled on my end. Huh? I said, call anxiety.
Whenever I can't decipher what kind of robotic-ass noise is coming out on the other end of the phone, I'll just be sitting there awkwardly, bro. I don't really know what to do. Or sometimes when I call a place, the quality of the phones are straight-ass, so I can't even understand them in the first place. This is why for me, bro, this won an 8 out of 10. Like, yeah, sure, I'll call a Papa John's pizza, but I'm probably gonna be shaking in my boots when I do it. Next up, we got Performance Anxiety.
Now this can either happen to you when you're playing a sport, you're acting, or you're playing the tuba. And then you think in your head before whatever that activity is, like before it starts, you're sitting there like, damn, even though this performance is 10 minutes, a lot could go wrong in those 10 minutes. And then you start crafting up all the worst scenarios you could possibly think of. If you run out on stage, the crowd's just gonna start hucking tomatoes at you and booing you. Although we know in our minds that's just not gonna happen, we still think about it.
And we're like, damn, but that still is possible. Next up, we got sending a text or a message or just fucking anything, dude. Whenever I type something out, I just like always read it back like so many times. I'm like, oh, wait, is that good? Ah, you know what? I should include a comment. Yeah, I overthink the fuck out of it. I just need to start hitting send whenever I type or
Actually, maybe that's a bad idea. But yeah, nah, sometimes texting takes me ages because I'm thinking of the perfect paragraph to try and craft up. It should take me like five minutes, but for 20 minutes, I'm sitting there trying to figure out whether or not I should hit send. This one, definitely like a seven out of 10. To be honest with you, I don't know anybody else that struggles with this. So I might just be alone on this one. I don't know. But this next one is a vile situation, all right? Sometimes in this type of situation, you're trapped there, you're stuck, but this is the one you've all been waiting for.
When shit gets awkward. Oh my god. This? Yeah, this one's the worst for me. Especially when I'm the one that fucked it up. Or sometimes you see that one person that you really don't want to see. My anxiety levels are through the goddamn roof. A lot of you probably have anxiety watching this, so I figured I'd provide some kind of solution. You know, we gotta solve the problem somehow. But for me, in my personal experience, I've been just practicing the skill of acknowledging anxious thoughts and letting them pass.
And whenever something awkward does happen, I just learn from it. And I'm like, you know what? Fuck it. It happened and I learned from it. But just remember having anxiety in certain situations. It's totally normal. It happens to a lot of us. It's less about trying to get rid of the anxiety. It's more of just like figuring out how to deal with it. But I hope this video at least made you feel a little bit better about it.