When I Was Afraid of Girls 

"She's just standing there... *MENACINGLY* "

"I'm coming to your school tomorrow." " *h a h a* , no you're *N O T* "

"Some girl is asking for you" "We both know it's a lie, what are you up to dad"

So the moral is, *you were perfectly justified being afraid of girls since one was effectively stalking you, knowing where you went to school and where you lived despite never telling her.*

Girl: Oh, you're approaching me? Instead of running awa... Mattias: *runs away*

I'm coming to your school tomorrow.

2:33 Are you winning son?

"All women are agents of the state. Any and all contact must be avoided"

That girl is definitely the antagonist of a horror movie.

Me, a virgin: "I love you too, pretty stalker girl who i totally did not give my address to!"

Dudes say things like: ''Girls give mixed signals and I don't get them'' Also dudes: this video

1:32 "and she's standing there..." *"M E N A C I N G L Y"*

Dude... didn't you ask her how she found your school and your house? You didn't find that creepy and weird?

Hey Mattias I have a pamphlet for you to read about stalking

"Someone can help you the entire way but that person cannot help you stand up for yourself." -> important lesson

My man had a girl simping for him and his reaction was *"I don't know what to do with my hands."*

Mattias: Doesn't remember literal first date Also Mattias: Remembers the price of said date I think I could be Mattias

The real lesson: "Life is not an anime."

I can relate. I'm 28.

"And then it stopped. It's raining now" BRO WTF I'VE ALMOST CRYED

And my dad comes in and says... Are ya winning son?

Mathias anime TAGs: romantic, psicologic, yandere, comedy, slice of life.

"She confessed that she actually liked me." Bro no way

There was a girl who I had a crush on for my entire 8th grade year. I was lucky enough to actually become friends with her, to an extent. Friends enough that we ended up working on a poster-making project, I don’t remember exactly what it was. Together. Just the two of us. I spent almost the whole time being scared and awkward, staying at a distance from her even though we couldn’t work on the poster at the same time that way. God, I felt like such a fool. I was making myself look both awkward AND lazy because I wasn’t helping as much with the poster. I still remember that day every now and then. It’s just something that stays with you, I guess. I was also too scared to ask her to sign my yearbook at the end of the year, even though I spent the entire earlier part of the day psyching myself up for it. She went to a different high school than me, so those were my last memories with her. Even if I wanted to, I’ll never forget these things. They’re as precious to me as they are cringey and painful, I cared about that girl so much. That‘s my experience being scared of girls, I hope it means something to someone reading this.

He was around 14 when all of this happened. *_laughs in single_*

“I just talked to a girl!” *Didn’t actually talk*

Other title: "A Stalker Cured My Anxiety"

Loved your illustrations, Matthias. They almost tell a story all their own. You should consider animating them as children’s stories (which, by the way, work excellently for adults, too). Best wishes!

Anime brought them together...but anime also broke them apart...

WE NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW SHE ROCKED UP TO BOTH HIS SCHOOL AND HIS HOUSE WITHOUT HIM TELLING HER WHERE THEY WERE?

Actually I believe that girl never existed and was only his imagination. That would be a good example of fighting shyness

the most unbelievable thing about this story is that not only did she consistently reach out to you, but she actually opened up to you about liking you instead of the other way around. This breaks all laws of physics

Dude same, im also afraid of girls... And boys. I have social anxiety Y'all, I appreciate the advice and sympathy, but I don't have social anxiety. I didn't know what social anxiety was when I wrote this. At the time, I thought I had social anxiety, but no, I was just really awkward.✌

A very personal and emotional video is about to end, Mattias: And I could finally say... Me: Oh he is just about to say something very profound and meaningful about life Mattias: Thank god life is not anime He does this in every video and it still catches me off guard

Ok jeez we get it, you talked to a girl once stop bragging not everyone is that lucky

The stuff they did feels low-key like an actual date.

Your Dad has a villain mustache? Does he twirl it and make demands about paying the rent?

She did all that just for you?! She must really like you

*girl shows up at home uninvited, without being told where home is* Welcome inside

Can relate. In kindergarten and primary school I had some female friends, that changed in secondary school. In the last years I even had a reputation of being a mysogenist or something as I was rude? I simply did not know how to deal with girls, the "sit as far away as possible"-scenario happened to me aswell. Then, in December 2019 I was invited to a friend and he had a girl invited aswell, we did not know each other - the first time in 5 years or so I meat a girl outside of school. It went ok and as we had the same friends we saw each other here and there. She once said we would be friends, but honestly I don't think so, I mean... if only we two are together somewhere we can talk for an hour and then there is just akward silence... not what I would call a friend. Yet she is the closest I was to a girl in a long time. So I still don't know how to handle them, but it got better. And now there is Corona - problem solved XD Also I have a female penfriend in Canada, it works. Luckily I live in Europe, so chances are I'll never see her. It is wierd, isn't it? I can write to a girl, but as soon as there is one physically present my brain is in "girl-mode" and I don't know how to behave. I'm glad I don't miss it, so I don't "suffer".

It's only been a minute and I already relate so much Although, she never came to my school :/

This could have easily ended in "it was my imagination all along"

It’s hilarious how guys always say that girls are “difficult to understand” But guys in their teens apparently show feelings by moving their chair very far away from you and/or running away on the first meeting!

Thank you Mattias for sharing, being from Gothenburg myself it was extra wonderful to be able to relate to the scenes. Hope you have a great time. -Leonard

This guy draws with crayola to make 10/10 quality vids

Homer: Marge, I'm confused, is this a happy ending or a sad ending? Marge: It's an ending, that's enough.

The most infuriating love history that I ever heard.

I let anxiety control my life, I avoided all social interactions and anything that could possibly make me uncomfortable. Now at age 23, my reward is no friends, no social skills, and worse anxiety. The path of least resistance is a path to nowhere.

Afraid of girls? Damn you almost became an anime harem protagonist.

I consider myself awkward around girls but holy shit this man is on another level

How on Earth did she find you?

Thanks! This was really helpful. I feel comfort knowing that there are kids like me and that I can be okay someday. This definitely wasn't "cringey" mattias. I'm really grateful to you for making this video. Cheers!

아니 이 그림?동화? 알고리즘 왜자꾸 뜨는건데.....심지어 제목은 한국어고 들어가보면 영어로 말하고 영어댓글밖에 없음...ㅋㅌㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Bad Protagonist + Manic Pixie Dreamy Girl... wait up... isn't that Evangelion?

"Literally means fear of heights" what a scary name, thank God here in Australia we have domestic names for rides like *KAMIKAZE.* Definitely not going on that thing.

I’m glad you were able to learn lessons like this when you’re young, I never talked to people much before senior year of highschool cause I was scared, but it made me so depressed that I broke out and for the next three years after I came out of my shell, I’ve felt like I had to emotionally mature and learn lessons fast cause I was so socially behind all my college friends. Now thankfully I feel like I’m at the level of emotionally maturity that I should be in at 22 but boy was it a hard few years getting to this point

"you sit far away from her and she thinks she did something wrong" Me : "OH NO-" *sudden bad memories came rushing in*

Actually it’s creepy that she came to your school, then to your house, like I would be creeped out if that were to happen to me

I didn't know guys were like this too! My friend (girl) is terrified of boys. I always found it weird, though. Since Im comfortable with both guys and gals.

“...and my dad asked me, Are you winning Son?” 2:34

*"I'm coming to your school tomarrow"* But first, a sponser from Nord VPN

Being a shy guy is really cute. Only when you're handsome.

"I'm coming to your school tomorrow" take that out of context for a bit

Kind of crazy how many pubescent boys start off scared of girls and then grow out of it over time, while women more often become increasingly cautious of men and jaded about their intentions as they gain life experience.

When I was younger, I was that one loud kid in class who was friends with everyone in class. I could easily talk to girls, I even had 2 girls a crush on me(Im actually not sure tho, I only found out from my friends). Then middle school came hit me like a fucking bus, my personality did a 180, I became that one quiet kid who doesnt talk at all. I lost a majority of my friends because I felt like a bother to them, and couldn't fit in to their group of friend. I became self consious and kept putting myself down, and thinking that everyone is looking at me, laughing at me. Soon one of the girls that liked me went to another school, the other one lost interest in me (I actually dont know), but was still good friends with them. I then all of a sudden became nervous around girls, and it was extremelly hard to make friends with them. It was literally impossible for me to make friends in class. I could only make friends next to me and what was worse was that I was in Honor classes so everyone kept to themsleves and only talked when we were grouped together on projects, and what was even worse was that the majority of those classmates is girls, so it was even more harder to try to make friends. In the end I never changed, Im still that self concious, anxiety filled, lonely person.

"And my dad comes into my room and says..." *"Are ya winnin' son?"* Edit: HOLY- THAT'S A LOTTA LIKES! Thanks! :)

You know. You're good at this. You're very very very good at this

Girl: *talks to me. Me: ...[Loading Bar...]

"The time I was afraid of boys... *and I am one-"*

I used to get so nervous around boys, particularly boys I liked. You know that natural filter you have over your speech that takes all the mishmash coffee grounds pouring through your brain and filters it into a steady stream of coherent speech? Every time I was around certain boys, I was spitting straight grounds. I had no filter. I made a fool of myself every time and I'd look back on each moment wondering what had come over me. I didn't even _feel_ like myself. I had a similarly awkward situation where a boy I had liked asked me out on a date. I had to sit myself down and tell myself "He's not interested in you. Stop melting and act like you do around your friends." And just like that, I let all my feelings and anxieties for him go all at once. I was way more relaxed, I felt more like myself, and we had a perfectly lovely time. And I never had feelings for anyone ever again :)

“Okay what? Just get a deodorant.” 😂😂

This actually reminds me of my old crush. We were friends, I confessed, and he just kinda sorta ignored me for 3 months until I found out that he actually liked me too. Its just that he was really shy about it and didn't want people to make fun of him for liking me and he didn't like it when people shipped us together. I then tried to make the friendship work out again but its still kinda awkward Man I hate how I lived an anime romance for like a year smh

Mattias: "Thank God life is not anime" Godly words were spoken

Very good story, insecurity and awkwardness of being adolescent captured perfectly. This was not cringy for me, maybe because I have many similar ones from my youth and thinking about them from a perspective of an adult make me honestly happy.

분명 내가 왜 들어왔지라고 생각하고 보고있는 한국인 있을거야

Are those actual msn notification sounds? I'm getting feelings

Okay dude 3:02 I would Be asking many questions... Also (horror movie soundtrack plays... At that moment)

"When I was afraid of girls, I was a spider" - Widowmaker 2016

"A girl that changes school to spend more time with you" Not relatable

3:40 Goteberg? Wait... That's where Pewdiepie used to live! World is so small

Something similar happened to me. Me and my ex were in a relationship, and we loved each other. But due to our family feud, I had to break up with her. I still to this day remember her face when I said we should break up. Her tears still haunts me. It eats me from inside.

“I’m coming to your school tomorrow” *-She forgot to mention she was bringing her AR-15-*

What I’ve learned from PewDiePie, Roomie, and Matthias: Swedes have American accents???

Girl : hi..how are you Me : im 14... Girl : *BRUH*

2:45 Well I’m a girl. I saw this. I’m confused. And scared.

For times like this, RU-vid should have some kind of translator for comments. Or I should just learn every language in the world lmfao

I’m 14, and I hate being socially awkward, but quarantine makes being socially awkward much easier in school since classes are literally in my computer, much less interaction with people who I barely talk to! Much less awkward conversations! Genius! Edit: I think I found my problem, I realized that around friends, I always have this vibe of high self-esteem, and generally an extroverted guy, with only some conversations being awkward and.. unpleasant, but when I’m around strangers, or facing serious questions or situations that will affect me somehow, or a girl I like, I guess that’s where I’m rather shy, and nervous, it took me a few hours to confess to a girl I liked a few years ago, and even then, I had stuttered, and quite literally was the most shy kid in the room. I guess it means that I’m socially awkward when it comes to other people or serious circumstances or problems, while in a friendly or casual conversation, I’m confident, and bold?? I don’t understand myself at all..

I’m 24 and still get terrible anxiety when in proximity to women I don’t know. I honestly think I needd to get help at this point lol

I was actually never afraid of talking to girls in highschool, I treat them as normal friends. But when the whole class starts just shipping us, it makes me awkward around them. Its annoying. I just want a friend you know. Why you got to misunderstand everything.

2:22 Wait..? But... how? Must be a yandere? I guess 3:00 Yeah... we'll just go with that (Yeah just finished the vid, that's definetly an anime plot. Someone is gonna make an anime bases off this)

"I became so afraid of girls I became gay"

but how did she get ur address?

im actually a master at hiding it

We've all experienced cringey moments... Well, more than moments. As someone with social anxiety disorder I could relate so hard. It's nice to know we're not alone with our clumsy, anxiety-driven mistakes, there are other people stumbling along as they learn how to do social stuff too.

"The first time I met someone on the internet" *_Tinder and Grinder intensify_*

You can't talk to girls anymore without anyone saying "You're a SIMP".

I like the “are ya winnin son?” reference, great videos man :)

I'm 14 and I'm afraid someone will confess to me (like that's ever gonna happen lol), i don't know how to react to it, but at the same time i don't wanna hurt someone's feelings

I’m a 14 year old girl, and I’m afraid of boys for literally the same reason. Small world, am I right? Edit: A year later, turns out I actually just have anxiety. Nice 👍

I think a lot of us guys have all been either afraid, nervous, or uncomfortable around girls.