I wish i could act like an idiot in front of people

rko74 · Intermediate User Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 258

I live at home and im such an idiot around my parents.I got a silly sense of humor being Irish.I wish i could be a silly person around people i dont really know.I suppose i got to know people before i get like that.

r0ck0ut04 · Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject:

I wish I could do the same .Im usually a goof around friends and family but when its new people I barely talk. It would be nice to just let go and be my real self.

cobalt_bluester · Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 6:33 am Post subject:

I totally agree. Wouldn't it be a blessing to be just ourselves around new people but I think it takes time to build up confidence and trust in new people. It is a defence mechanism.

Septor · Elite User Joined: Dec 15, 2005 Posts: 1033

Yea life would be so much easier if I could be me reall self around other people without worry about how I acted.Yea it is a defence mechanism.It's hard to trust people.

brightxstar · Newbie User Joined: Mar 23, 2006 Posts: 88 Location: U.S.

i know how u feel 100%. When I'm at home, I like jump around, sing, dance, talk (even though when i talk, i trip over my words) but only when my parents and sister are there. Recently, my aunt and uncle moved in and after a couple of weeks I became comfortable and acted how I normally would even if they weren't there. But when other branches of family members come at home, I feel blocked and just sit there not saying anything. I remember one time, my aunt asked me why I was so quiet. I told her I didn't know and looked away. She thinks that everytime I'm quiet, someone did something to me or something really bad happened since I'm like always happy.

At school, there's this kid in my class who expresses himself, dances, sings, tells jokes, makes people laugh, entertains everyone (everything that I do at home) and I mean I laugh at his jokes and stuff, but I wish I didn't have SA because I would act just like him.. (except for the fact im a girl and im not perverted lol.)

This girl at my school said that I was really serious. I mean, I really wish I could tell her off and be like what?? you do not know me at all. I'm the person who makes everyone laughs and I entertain them, everyone likes me around them. But, she wouldn't believe me because she has never seen me that way. If students from my school saw how the way I act at home, they would think I'm a whole different person.

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missquiet · Intermediate User Joined: Sep 25, 2005 Posts: 101

Blade · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject:

Thats what beer is for Embarassed

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