Flip from “Am I good enough?” to “What’s interesting about you?” and watch social anxiety lose its grip. Street empathy = practical curiosity that gives your self-judging brain less CPU cycles.
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Do social chats make palms sweat?
Self-focus is the lurking threat.
Get curious about them today,
And the jitters soften into regret.
That self-eval spiral? Kinda a “domination culture” trap. “Am I good?” instead of “What’s cool about *you*?” I wonder what happens when you flip it.
After two decades geeking out on cognitive empathy, here’s *street empathy*: practical curiosity about other people’s worlds. Can you guess their needs, then listen like you mean it? Notice how your brain has less bandwidth for judging you.
You’re human, craving connection. Label it “nervous” or “anxious”? Same drive, just unmet. What do you want: easier chats, deeper links, less sweaty palms?
My crew’s leveled up with free EmpathyBot.net, an AI buddy I kinda clumsily fine-tuned on this framework. It’s a zero-judge practice zone. There’s a noodly-fun card game too, plus the practice group since 2015, if you want in.
Chapter 7 in *A Practical EmPathy: Rewire Your Mind* lays it out for social skills wins and fewer anxiety spikes. You can grab it on Amazon if you want. What if clear talk starts feeling natural? Level up, gamer.
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