My social anxiety..

My biggest problem is that my mind is always focused on acting normal. It's sapping all my energy, and yet, despite all my efforts, I can't act normal.

I inevitably feel anxious and abnormal and strange. I can't think of one thing to say when I find myself in such situations (which happens all the time), and my mind is completely blank..

I just can't help it. I was at the supermarket the other day and had an anxiety attack. My mind was utterly and completely blank, I forgot what I was looking for..

The worst part is when I notice how uncomfortable people become when they see me. That really offends me deeply and hurts my pride. I inevitably become more anxious and hurt when that happens. Does anyone else feel the same?

Yeah im pretty much exactly the same.
Except I can hide my anxiety to some extent except for going red.
Blushing is just fuked im 24 and its really just a joke.

I am the same,I will add that I get very anxious if someone I know or kinda know is whispering near me,specially if is about me,some times even talking near me and I get like that, like I dont now where to hide my face...

I'm really similar. The thing I hate the most is when people look a bit unsettled and uncomfortable because theyve picked up on how anxious I am. Sometimes it makes me feel really guilty as if I've ruined their day by being scared of them. Rationally I know it isn't as bad as that and they're probably not really that bothered but when I'm in a supermarket or bus or whatever I find these feelings really overwhelming. Which is why I don't go out much.

LLawliet said:

I am the same,I will add that I get very anxious if someone I know or kinda know is whispering near me,specially if is about me,some times even talking near me and I get like that, like I dont now where to hide my face...

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i get uncomfortable when people are laughing near me, coz i always think they laugh at me. i don't like the whispering as well. but i try not to think about it. many times people don't even notice me. i think that we're all too self-focused.

elProscrito said:

LLawliet said:

I am the same,I will add that I get very anxious if someone I know or kinda know is whispering near me,specially if is about me,some times even talking near me and I get like that, like I dont now where to hide my face...

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i get uncomfortable when people are laughing near me, coz i always think they laugh at me. i don't like the whispering as well. but i try not to think about it. many times people don't even notice me. i think that we're all too self-focused.

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self focused=paranoid all part S.A