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Ehm, how old are you to never have been to a movie theater? Surely people go with friends or family some time, especially as a child? And what kind of anxiety would trigger just sitting in the dark in a comfortable chair watching a film?
I'm 23
It's cuz I have Immigrant Asian parents... 👀 (need more explaining? lol)
Also I never really made friends so there's that...
As a kid I was often at home... stranger danger and all that you know... didnt really play outside by myself often always with parents... like from birth to 12 I was mostly just either at home or school... never played outside ALONE... so I never even though of going alone (I mean how terrifying would it be if I was a teen going alone...)
I think I just have anxiety in general... like I fear like, oh what if look awkward especially being a first timer... or like its dark and I trip and fall and I look silly and then feel sad... Or drop something and cant find it... like oh shit I'm supposed to be happy watching a movie... what can go wrong now?
I used to feel this way, then I realized most people won't ever notice me or care, which was liberating.