How many people on here are afraid to be around others and how come?
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Raising my hand.
Others, especially strangers make me anxious.
Why? Because I become easily paranoid.
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I’m not afraid to be around others. But other people just bore me now. I have lost my desire to be social, but I’m not afraid.
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I’m actually afraid of losing my ■■■■ in public. And being around strangers makes me feel like that is going to happen. It’s a real problem. Makes living very difficult. Some might say this is anxiety but it comes with intrusive bizarre thinking and feeling like I’m going to literally black out and lose my ■■■■.
If I’m alone or in the company of family I am ok.
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I think I’ve got the same problem. People make me have symptoms. I had to deal with the electricians today. Two guys my age. I don’t know if I had symptoms or what but it was unpleasant. Must have been paranoia.
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don’t feel safe round strangers. been bullied.
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Hmmmm… I am fearful of superiors/just people in general that are older than me. I’m not intimidated by people in my age group. I don’t know why… But it’s not paranoia. Maybe I just feel more mature than most people around my age.
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I suffer from social anxiety disorder in that I have a social phobia to use public restrooms. This is quite a difficult situation because you always have to plan or manouvre your lifestyle, appointments etc around it. I do not actually know where this come from.
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Have had it my whole life.
My social anxiety stems from being bullied and rejected by my peers as a teenager.
I don’t think it’s fear but intense discomfort and dislike. People are so intensely judgmental and negative and hateful. I hate the games they play, the stupid things they want to talk about and the superiority complex everyone seems to have.
I’m getting better at this. I’m mostly afraid to be around my family, I come from a harsh family. Their not abusive but they don’t pull punches when it comes to sharing their opinions and traditionally, I don’t think my sisters have had very good opinions of me.
I’m ok at work, I can do the small talk thing and have tricks for being more socially acceptable. I remember one thing that is happening in someone’s life that they tell me then I follow up a month later. People really like that.