I blow my nose anywhere.
This reminds me, I'm setting up a behavioural experiment with someone (not suggesting you are socially phobic Merika
). There are two reasons, first for him to learn that people don't react as negatively as he predicts they will to simple mistakes. Second to learn that whilst it's not nice to be thought of as an idiot, the world won't end and it's not to be feared, especially if it's by a stranger of no consquence. To do this we set up a fear hierarchy with a very small thing at the bottom and the worst thing at the top. I always have difficulty knowing where to aim for with the top, so for instance for a spider phobic I think putting them in your hair is too extreme (a "normal" person would not do that), whereas letting one crawl over your hand is probably unpleasant but OK.
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very longwinded explanation to get to a simple question: Would you be able to go in a cafe or shop, queue up to pay/order and say to the assistant: Blubrahugamospomansteriserpolidum or other such gobbledygook? I would not like to do this but could do and would do to role model it, but I am quite outgoing and I wondered if it was too much. Could you do it? Say that and then maybe say, "I'll have a cup of coffee please", as if nothing had happened?
(sorry for thread hijack do move to health if you like)