Do You Suffer From Social Anxieties?

[Anonymous]

I feel like I do. What are your symptoms?

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Thank you all for your opinions.

To give you an idea of what I feel... I get very embarrassed in front of a large group. I never really raised my hand in class unless I knew an answer or the teacher called on me. I was completely nervous. I'm terrified of What people think of me & am always wondering what they are thinking. I have no idea how to cope in social situations unless it is around my immediate family.

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I just wanted to stay home. I didn't even hang out with my friends much but they pretty much all dumped me after I dropped out of hs and had a child.
Still, it's very hard to speak with someone I'm familiar with & have known for a while and I still get nervous around them. It's constant. Not only this but I think I have a very small issue with paranoia too. That feeling everyone is out to get me, that I'm worthless.

[ObscuredBeyond]

At the first sign of excuses from a woman why she has to flake out, I get defensive and make myself scarce. Can't stand the thought of getting mobbed again on account of some creepshaming hypocrite bitch, who simply won't be straight honest with me. And if I disappear and she hurts me in this way anyway, I don't trust anyone for up to a month. And the grudge against her lasts for years and years.

If I feel I'm being spied on / harassed, especially at work, I pretty much go into private eye mode to find out who's behind it and why, and who is on my side and who is on the other's side. (The scary part is when my suspicions turn out to be right, and that it wasn't unjustified paranoia after all.)

I have frequent flashbacks to painful memories. I don't go anywhere most days, for fear of running into someone I'm bound to regret being on the same street as them.

In extreme cases, I'll be so filled with rage and apprehension, I go home and want to beat up my furniture just to get it out. I've had panic attacks and asthma attacks.

If someone is being too much of a dick at work, I always feel just inches away from exploding in their faces.

If I'm minding my business somewhere and a whole bunch of cops or feds show up, I look away and try to appear as uninteresting as possible. There's always that secret fear that somehow, they're gonna pick on me for sharing some opinion on Facebook or something.

On my wiki, I ban IPs instantly when I catch someone vandalizing. One strike, they're out. I don't tolerate my content being replaced with dick and rape jokes.

I only go places in small groups, or alone. I don't feel comfortable in large ones.

I've been described as textbook agoraphobia. And some cleithrophobia too. (Can't stand being in any physical place where I can't easily leave on my own terms.)

I've also been described as having some OCD tendencies. I hate when soap won't come off. HATE it.

[epiper888]

Yes , I was diagnosed with social anxiety and ADD, what's happens to me is I feel like everyone is watching or judging me when I'm passing people I don't know, or I'll get super nervous over little things that don't matter much, it really can be frusterating sometimes, luckily I got put on medication that helps a lot! Before meds though I think it's best to try meditation, exercising and stuff like that.

[Jadekitten]

I have social anxiety and clinical depression, I went to therapy for a while which helped, but for the past two years after therapy I've been working my ass of to deal with it. Tbh you have to force yourself to do things that make you uncomfortable, that's the only way to get better. If you sit around feeling bad for yourself you're not going to improve your life at all. I worry constantly about what people think of me, but I've gotten to the point where it doesn't affect how I act nearly as much as it used to and I don't have a problem functioning as a normal person anymore.

[Anonymous]

Yeah. Internally, I'm a nervous, uncomfortable mess in new social situations, although I think I just come off as quiet to most people.

I avoid eye contact with strangers and walk with my head down. I think I come off as really unfriendly, when in reality I'm just shy and have low self-esteem... I really do appreciate the rare occasions when someone approaches and tries to get to know me.

I take prescribed anxiety medication for school presentations because my stomach drops like I'm on a roller coaster, and I shake and stutter at an extreme.

[Youngm0ney]

I have all of your exact symptoms. I always feel like people are judging me and I hate meeting new people cus I act so shy when I'm actually not and then it makes me seem boring and just a lot of anxiety from a lot of different things I'm dealing with. But def cN relate to everything your going through and i know it's hard

[MissMcK]

Yeah.

My mouth gets dry, I get a little shaky, I pull and bite my lips.. bite my nails.. I blush.. I look down a lot.. I don't ask questions really... I avoid my friends and people in general because I don't want to mess up something... I don't go to many social things and I barely go anywhere without someone with me.

Fucked up but somehow I manage.

[Zendrya]

I don't really have symptoms... I just get anxious in social situations and find it really hard to make friends, especially ones to talk to outside of class/school

[Anonymous]

Yes definitely. I get terrified if I think I'm about to face a social situation where there's going to be a lot of people around me expecting me to try making conversation with them. I just feel too awkward.
People always think I'm cold or unfriendly, but really I'm just scared to say something that they won't like, and make them think I'm a weirdo. I find it difficult finding people that will like me, it's hard to make friends. I'm actually a really fun friendly person around those I trust.

[rgb008]

Yeah, I do.
I dislike crowded public places and get uncomfortable and irritable easily. Like someone could cough and id be like "SHUT UP" in my head hahaha
When giving speeches, I turn bright red, stutter and choke on my words lol

[Anonymous]

Yeah. I think something is really wrong with me sadly; I'm a loner, have two friends thought that I have a really hard time contacting first; I don't communicate with anyone in my university unless I absolutely really have to; the same goes for approaching girls on the streets... I just don't do it.

From what I've read online it could be some mild (I hope!) form of autism or aspergers... or some other sh*t I really don't want

[RedRobin]

I haven't been diagnosed but I've thought I've had some sort of anxiety for a while. I've always worried excessively in most situations, more recently in social situations.

[JSmuve]

I can't approach attractive women in public unless I have a legitimate reason to do so that doesn't include me trying to get in their pants. I feel like they see right through me.

[Anonymous]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKp2CrfmVfw

That. More or less.

[kdizzleforizzle91]

Mostly just with social situations I've never encountered before, but that's probably normal.

[Anonymous]

I sometimes get panic attack if im in a crowded place with lots of people around me/touching me...

[jakeofalltrades]

no not really