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I grew up with crippling social anxiety well into adult life. Went to a support group eventually. Had a few epiphany moments going there, which when you spell them out seem so simple, but it is what it is and you don't know what you don't know.

The biggest epiphany which is really relevant to your question was this. The exact same thing that is rattling about in my head making me worry about what people think of me is rattling about in everybody else's head. Yep. Nobody cares about me. And that's a great thing. Everybody, everybody, is so wrapped up in their own billshit that they are paying way less attention to me than I think they are. While I am standing there worrying about what all these people must be thinking about me, they are all standing there not thinking about me because they are too busy thinking about what all the people, including me, are thinking about them. When that finally sinks in and sinks in properly it is really liberating.

Epiphany number 2, which always sounds quite harsh at first, but believe me if you can internalise this you'll start to overcome all your social anxieties... YOU ARE JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT.

Yep. Harsh, eh? But, it's true. You are not that important. Neither am I. Neither is anybody. And the fact that you are not that important is excellent, because see all the times you think everybody is judging you, well when they go home they are not even thinking about you and are more likely sitting worrying about how everybody judged them.

To sum up, wear whatever you like. Most people won't be giving a fuck about you and your mask. As of next week everybody needs to put these things on and they will all be too wrapped up in their own worry about themselves looking like a bellend to give a fuck about whether you look like one.

And the actual cunty cunts out there are just that. Cunts. So, fuck them.