(Diriye Osman is photographed by Jaroslav Scholtz) For a writer whose work and aesthetic sensibility has a performative quality, I have a fear of performing my writing in public. The reason for my performance-related panic is due to the fact that I suffer from severe anxiety disorder, which makes simple interactions like going to the corner shop for milk or strolling down the street a disproportionately tensile experience. One of the signifiers of social anxiety is a heightened sense of alertnes...
(Diriye Osman is photographed by Jaroslav Scholtz) For a writer whose work and aesthetic sensibility has a performative quality, I have a fear of performing my writing in public. The reason for my performance-related panic is due to the fact that I suffer from severe anxiety disorder, which makes simple interactions like going to the corner shop for milk or strolling down the street a disproportionately tensile experience. One of the signifiers of social anxiety is a heightened sense of alertnes...
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