The quiet fear of not belonging | Joanna Kashoka | TEDxLOTS Youth

I used to rehearse saying hello in my head before walking into a room. Not because I wanted to sound clever, but because I was terrified of getting it wrong. My heart would race, my hands would sweat.and every word felt like a test I was bound to fail. >> My name is Joanna Kashoka and for years I have lived with social anxiety silently. Today I want to talk about what that silence cost us and what happens when we start giving social anxiety a voice.When I was little, I was told I was too smart for my class, ...