Overcoming Social Anxiety

Speaker: Tom Holland·Original video

I'm a very confident person,but I'm more confident when I'm pretending to be someone else,because the ramifications of your actions aren't real,because you're pretending.So I would get really uncomfortableand not confident in social scenarios out in public.when I've just been myself.And I think that's why I really latched onto drinkingbecause it masked that insecurity with stupidity, I guess, a little bit.

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I'maɪmaeɪ · ə (weak)veryˈvɛriconfidentˈkɒnfɪdəntpersonˈpɜːsən

butbʌtI'maɪmmoremɔːconfidentˈkɒnfɪdəntwhenwɛnI'maɪmpretendingprɪˈtɛndɪŋtotuː · tu (weak) · tə (weak)bebiːsomeoneˈsʌm(ə)wənelse,ɛls

becausebɪˈkɒztheðəramificationsˌramɪfɪˈkeɪʃənzofəvyourjɔːactionsˈakʃənzaren'tɑːntreal,riəl

becausebɪˈkɒzyou'rejɔːpretending.prɪˈtɛndɪŋ

SosəʊIaɪwouldwʊdgetɡɛtreallyˈriːəliuncomfortableʌˈŋkʌmftəb(ə)l

andænd · ənd (weak)notnɒtconfidentˈkɒnfɪdəntinɪnsocialˈsəʊʃəlscenariossəˈnɑːriˌəʊzoutaʊtinɪnpublic.ˈpʌblɪk

WhenwɛnI'maɪmjustdʒʌstbeenbiːnmyself.maɪˈsɛlf

Andænd · ənd (weak)Iaɪthinkθɪŋkthat'sðætswhywaɪIaɪreallyˈriːəlilatchedlatʃtontoˈɒntuːdrinkingˈdrɪŋkɪŋ

becausebɪˈkɒzitɪtmaskedmasktthatðæt · ðət (weak)insecurityˌɪnsɪˈkjʊərɪtiwithwɪðstupiditystjuːˈpɪdɪtiIaɪguess,ɡɛsaeɪ · ə (weak)littleˈlɪtəlbit.bɪt