Does anyone here suffer from social anxiety?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 5:29 pm
Hi, long time lurker, occasional poster and first time thread starter!
As can be gathered from the subject title, I suffer from social anxiety and am curious as to who else, if anyone, does.
I have suffered, at varying levels, from SA for most of my life. I've certainly had much more confident periods than others, but in recent years, I have gone from being perhaps slightly eccentric to almost a nervous wreck. I just feel almost constantly on edge, carrying fight-or-flight emotions. I'm always premeditating my dialogue with others, only for it to come out a clumsy mess. And don't get me started on dating! Only the other day, I met someone on Tinder (yes, I know!) and I could barely construct a coherent sentence. I was worse than Guybrush Threepwood!
Obviously, I understand I can gain more from a subject-specific forum (which I also use), but it would still be nice just to know if there are any (or perhaps even get to know) Shenmue fans who can empathise, at least to a degree, what I'm going through. How badly does it affect you? How do you manage it? How does it affect you in relationships, dating, etc?
I'm sorry to bring the forum down a bit with this depressing topic, but I've recently kind of cracked under depression and feel an urge to discuss it.
Hope to get some good insights and perhaps even a bit more!
As can be gathered from the subject title, I suffer from social anxiety and am curious as to who else, if anyone, does.
I have suffered, at varying levels, from SA for most of my life. I've certainly had much more confident periods than others, but in recent years, I have gone from being perhaps slightly eccentric to almost a nervous wreck. I just feel almost constantly on edge, carrying fight-or-flight emotions. I'm always premeditating my dialogue with others, only for it to come out a clumsy mess. And don't get me started on dating! Only the other day, I met someone on Tinder (yes, I know!) and I could barely construct a coherent sentence. I was worse than Guybrush Threepwood!
Obviously, I understand I can gain more from a subject-specific forum (which I also use), but it would still be nice just to know if there are any (or perhaps even get to know) Shenmue fans who can empathise, at least to a degree, what I'm going through. How badly does it affect you? How do you manage it? How does it affect you in relationships, dating, etc?
I'm sorry to bring the forum down a bit with this depressing topic, but I've recently kind of cracked under depression and feel an urge to discuss it.
Hope to get some good insights and perhaps even a bit more!