I'm embarrassed to do things in front of my family!

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Things like exercise, dance, try new things...I'm not a shy person in the least and I have no problem doing anything in any other setting, but around my family I am too fearful to do virtually anything. I'm also a grown adult (30's) and still feel this way!! Part of it is that my family is quite cruel and will make fun of me at any chance they can get, but there's more to it than that and I can't put my finger on it.

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  • tigerrloverr
    12 years ago | pl

    Yes i do sorta the same thing, if im not around them alot then i dobt really wanna even so much as move.

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  • Tehboss
    12 years ago | pl

    i personally never feel up to par for my family and i never feel ''normal'' like if i'm always on edge around them so you you are normal

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  • I_steal_free_bread
    12 years ago | pl

    They're family, the people you should be most comfortable around and closest to. Come on,what the hell are you so scared for?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      12 years ago | pl

      I don't know! Being around my family is quite uncomfortable even though we have been together for my whole life, it's strange. My parents are SILL married, we always lived together, it's just that doing anything other than acting like a human robot, doing chores and work, anything else was not cool.

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  • blurch
    12 years ago | pl

    You're 30. This should no longer be a problem. Ditch the family if you must.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      12 years ago | pl

      Well I can't ditch my family over that...it's not that big of a deal anymore. When I was a kid, yeah, it was real hurtful, but now, no.

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      • blurch
        12 years ago | pl

        You should just randomly blurt out incomprehensible speech and build off of that. Tell them the doctor said you may be suffering from a mild form of turrets. Then you can get away with just about anything and be as weird as you like until your little heart is content.

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  • Chillpill
    12 years ago | pl

    When we did school plays, other kids wanted their family there for moral support. Not me! With my family in the audience, it would have been unbearable. Well, we all drifted apart, so I don't need to worry about it any longer.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      12 years ago | pl

      YES! I was confident in what I was doing BUT I had a sinking feeling that anything I did was up to criticism, as there was never any positive support...but it seems there was something more there than criticism...

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  • rayst
    12 years ago | pl

    I am a shy person because i observe and judge everybody, especially strangers tho. I get the feeling that everyones gonna overscrutinize me, like i would. Maybe you are this kind of judging ppl who don't wanna be judged back

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    • Tehboss
      12 years ago | pl

      so if you are affraid someone is gonna do you what you, why do you do it in the first place?

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      • detroitlove81
        12 years ago | pl

        I hate stupid ass questions like that. Everyone does something that they dont like done to them...everyone...so dont ask stupid shit like that.

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  • randomjelly
    12 years ago | pl

    No. There isn't more to it. They ridicule you. The reasoning behind it is obvious.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      12 years ago | pl

      Yes, I recognize that part of it, but there IS more to it...not just ridicule.

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