Are you a socially ANXIOUS person?

[Ruenella_]

Have you been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder or do you suspect that you have it?

"People with this disorder have trouble talking to people, meeting new people, and attending social gatherings. They fear being judged or scrutinized by others. They may understand that their fears are irrational or unreasonable, but feel powerless to overcome them."

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Bump.

[Joker_]

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[Joker_]

if you actually want to bump your question, you should just reply to people

[Ruenella_]

does bumping do nothing?

[Joker_]

It does: it puts your question back at the top of the G@G feed for a moment. It says something like "Asker updated their question".

Replying to a person's comment does the same thing, except the difference is that normally you'll find that you can or will be replying to threads more than once.

It says something like "User replied to Question" in the case that someone replies on your question. Depending on the user who replied (if it's someone popular), some people will visit your question just to see their answer, but most people will only check your question if it's interests them.

So because you can only update your question maximum twice in like a week to bump, but you can reply to whoever a total of how many times you want, you can achieve the same effect of bumping your question with an update instead with interacting with user (s) on your question.

[Ruenella_]

Oh, well, thank you.

[Joker_]

you're welcome

[Dontaaaa]

I have an issue with being in a heavily populated area, like a supermarket for example.

I don't have an issue with talking to strangers, I can do that just fine.

It's just that when I'm in a huge crowded area I get this sense of paranoia that someone is going to do somethinhappened.

I just have the fear that someone is going to randomly hurt me or something and the chances are amplified because there's so many people around.

The more people=the more possibility for something to go wrong. That's how my mind works when it comes that.

I get all hostile and tense, so it'll be pointless for me to go somewhere like a big ole concert, I wouldn't be able to enjoy myself. I'd be spending the whole time anticipating an attack or someone to try and fuck with me.

I didn't always have this issue, it started after certain things in my life happened a few years back.


I live in a rural area, so thankfully I don't have to deal with that too much, but I know that's an issue I need to deal with nonetheless.

[Dontaaaa]

someone is going to do something to me*

[Aerissa_Jade]

Yes I have social anxiety AND I'm ultra shy but this is where alcohol helps me be more outgoing when I'm not pregnant. Hence why I loved being drunk so I could be 'normal' but otherwise its a huge constant battle that I fight to talk to strangers or others and yet despite all that I do often push through it.

It wasn't always the case though, I used to avoid everything to avoid the risk, then I basically said F it and started doing it... thinking it would get easier, cause people kept saying IT WILL get easier but it never really seems to get easier. Just as hard now as before but I still push through it.

[Anonymous]

I do and did not used to, had a pretty bad exprince and it come up from there, getting too croweded is a panic
Talking is impossible

[Anonymous]

Yeah I have been diagnosed I still struggle. in places like supermarkets and I always use earphones to. minimise the noise. And sort. of isolate myself.

I even have to do that at work. I'm. in. thearpy. to help wkrb it and also other. issues.

When it first came. abkut I figured it out when I get having panic attack symptoms when around people. I didn't know what it was ans it scared the hell out of me. It got to the point I couldn't even be in calls. on discord with most of my friends I had to leave if to many and often on nights I couldn't join at all.

And now. addes. to that is the fear I have of getting them again as it was happening nearly daily at that point..

[invalid1]

No, I just don't like pretending.. I like to be real. I am socially anxious amidst fake people who gather to do performances.

I like real people who are not afraid of who they are, people who don't wear personas, and don't change their skins like reptiles. When I am amidst these people, I turn into the life of the party.. Oh boy, just hold me back because I am going to double the fun lol.

[MysticDevice]

I've never been diagnosed but I'm pretty sure if I saw a psychyatrist they would. I just hate being around people. So any social interactions outside my inner circle are exhausting.

The up side to that is that I do not depend on anyone or anything for adoration or acceptance.

[Lynx122]

I have autism and I do get anxious in social situations sometimes, it just takes a lot of my energy as well and I need to rest. I wanted to be alone a lot in the past so I didn't even want to be sociable but now I want to be more social and I think I can be.

[bakajana]

I actually am even if not been diagnosed by a professional. But trust me I feel it. Even though I have been working on it and on myself generally so it got better I'd say, even though it's not gone.

[BHooper]

I use to be extremely anxious in social situations. I've improved a but but still not great. I vecome so awkward and begin to sweat and just die inside sometimes lol. But im improvement my social skills. Very very slowly though.

[daddydrpsnap]

Yes I am. I'm usually quite shy around people but feel I can open up about anything on here no matter what it is.

[Chazmatazz269]

I’m not, but i am an introvert. I’ve verged on panic attack when i was around a lot people and felt like i couldn’t get away. I’ve also felt that way in the presence of just a few very high energy people.

[Pudsmucker]

My companion has social anxiety. She has a tendency to avoid concerts and movie theaters. She tends our place of worship faithfully each Sunday though.

[Adronicus]

I was when younger, I was too absorbed in self analysis as well as the people & world around me back then.

[Shamalien]

Fuck all these “disorders”. Yeah I suffer from these symptoms and I don’t want anybody’s “help” it’ll just be drugs

[EarthRealm]

Lying really does get easier the more you do it. While telling an untruth might feel uncomfortable at first, your brain becomes desensitized to lies as the fibs start piling up, according to a study published in Nature Neuroscience.

[EarthRealm]

Researchers in the experimental psychology department at University College London tested dishonesty in 80 subjects while scanning their brains. The men and women were shown pennies in a glass jar, and they were given incentives to lie to a partner about how much money was in the jar.

The study found that when the subjects first lied, they activated the amygdala, or the part of the brain that processes emotions and arousal. But each time the subjects lied about the money, the amygdala was activated less and less — which would make it easier for the person to keep lying. This suggests why small fibs can snowball into real whoppers so quickly.

[EarthRealm]

amygdala, region of the brain primarily associated with emotional processes. The name amygdala is derived from the Greek word amygdale, meaning “almond,” owing to the structure's almondlike shape. The amygdala is located in the medial temporal lobe, just anterior to (in front of) the hippocampus

[EarthRealm]

Simply Put Lying Can get rid of your Anxiety and Guilt.

[TommyMountainFigure]

No I've never had that problem. Meeting people though is part of my job. It just feels perfectly natural to me.

[Snakeyes7]

I used to be. Not quite sure how or why I changed but I stopped caring so much about what random people thought of me.

[Blackcosmo]

Yeah I've never been diagnosed but I'm sure i have it. I'm a real mess.

[Levin]

Sure.

I mean, it's okay now. My job is social and so is my study.

[Alex8736]

I like my personal space where if I feel smothered I get into fight or flight mode

[Anonymous]

I am always socially anxious when I’m first meeting people but then somehow I just stop overthinking and allow myself to be me and things flow easily

[Secks]

Yeah, and depression certainly doesn't help

[Secks]

What was your previous username, I forget it

[Ruenella_]

Who were you previously?

[Secks]

No one you know, probably

[Ruenella_]

Just say it.

[Secks]

I've had like 10 accounts and I don't remember which one I had at the time

[Secks]

@Vigors?
@Cringe?

[Ruenella_]

What pfp did you have?

[Secks]

Vigors had faye valentine

Cringe had Michael jordan and juice wrld I think

[Ruenella_]

I don't think I remember those. Although the purple girl looks familiar... but then again I could have seen her from some other app.

[Ruenella_]

Did we ever talk personally?

[Secks]

No, you almost never interact with anyone lol

[Ruenella_]

Well, guilty.

[Ruenella_]

I hardly initiate but my inbox is always open.

[Secks]

We'll have sex on my new account

[Joker_]

lol‎‎

[Ruenella_]

Pardon?

[Joker_]

I said lol

[Secks]

I was talking to @nigga

[Ruenella_]

Are you him?

[Secks]

Yeah I'm black

[Ruenella_]

I'm confused.

[driven159]

no but hate crowds try to do my best to not be in them if I can help it

[Guardian45]

I have not been diagnosed, but it certainly sounds like something I had growing up.

[Lionman95]

Yes I for sure though I'm not diagnosed.

[Bluethinker456]

Yes, I suspect that I have it.

[LavLavLuv]

Im not sure.. but i get really anxious at times

[moonpie89]

No.. im so extroverted

[OddBeMe]

Not anxious, per se. But it drains me.

[Iron_Man]

Im ok

[Nikki1989]

No, not at all.

[Pinay_ako]

No..

[countrygirl8754]

Extremely

[Blackcupcake]

no I am not…

[sassieequeen_]

im pretty laid back

[pamela1]

Yes I am

[CloudMassacre]

I am

[Anonymous]

Does autism count?

[Jamie05rhs]

Yeah

[KuriousityCills04]

Yes, very much so