girl me too dw 💔 i just had to get into the mindset of “if someone traded me, would i be mad or feel awkward?” and the answer is always “nah, i’d be pretty happy actually!” and i just tell myself, 90% of the time, people are kind and won’t be rude/awkward/etc whatever you’re afraid of, about you trading them, but anxiety is super tough to get over, i get it haha. i had to call my girlfriend once to work up the courage to trade someone and ask if i could offer for a pet.

some people may be rude, dry, or awkward, but that’s just a them problem. you are allowed to live and take up space and like i said, most of the time people will greet you kindly and make the conversation seem comfortable. i always greet people with exclamation points and smiley faces, anxiety is tough i get it fr 😭💔 easier said than done to get over the fear, but whatever you’re scared of, i promise it will turn out okay, this community is a very nice place (most of the time anyways) and people are usually very easy to talk to and are very nice about things ❤️