Is it normal to feel so embarrassed you have to hit yourself to make it stop

I feel that way sometimes. But instead of stomach pains my face just contorts into this weird cringe.I've found that it goes away the more you talk to people (more people). The more you talk to people, the less likely you are to remember every detail of one or a few little situations.

And just think... how often do you return home with the urge of mocking others for the strange things they say and analyzing their every odd statement? Probably sometimes, but not often. lol. You probably just pass it off as half-formed thought or a misunderstanding, right? Well, they probably do the same for you IF they even notice your embarrassing moment.

You're not at all psychotic; you are, however, pretty wound up with what might be social anxiety. You're right that others aren't truly mocking you or looking for ways to pick you apart, but telling yourself that when you're in the throes of an anxiety attack doesn't really help, I know.

Have you talked to a counselor, parent or friend about it? It's really rough to do that when talking to someone is part of what spurs your anxiety in the first place, but it can change your life.

Please don't hit yourself, though. You sound far too interesting and together (despite a little social anxiety) to deserve punishment.

If you are getting severe stomach pains for no reason that is something to be worried about. See a doctor. You probably do have a medical issue and just don't know what it is. If you are hitting your stomach in pain since the pains don't go away you are probably doing it out of frustration. Hitting your stomach is not going to make the pain go away its just a distraction. See a doctor.

It's not exactly 'normal'
But I do that too...
But who wants to be normal anyways

Yeah sure I believe having the feeling of being so embarrased you want to hit yourself may be normal, but I guess very few actually go as far as to hit themselves.

I've always felt like screaming and I hold my breath in... Well I stopped now!

I was exactly the same way... I use to slap myself and scratch my face with my nails but that was back when I was much younger. Now I just cringe my face and shake my head to get the thought to go away. I sometimes even do an awkward laugh. I did have a therapist when I was younger and that kind of helped. But what really helped was when I was just recently in a Beauty Pageant a few months ago in 2012. Here I go thinking I was amazing and that I gave it my all! I was so proud of myself only to find that I didn't even make it to the top 10. Oh how I felt like such a joke. I cried really hard instantly. I like completely crumbled and for months I saw the judges and the crowd laughing at me and mocking me in my head. That experience hurt me so much that one day I woke up and I said I didn't care. I didn't care what others thought about me. I cried so much that I finally came to the conclusion that I am me. I can't be nobody else but myself. If I do something embarrassing then so the hell what! Leave me the hell alone. So now when I do something embarrassing, I just tell myself "so what? I don't care. Thats who I am and I am not going to change for no one. Get over it." You don't know how freeing that is when you finally allow yourself to just be FREE and not cringe at everything you do wrong. It literally felt like I was walking on egg shells all my life and now I feel so free. Oh and guess what! 9/10 the way you think it happen is not the way it really happend. When I really started to open up my eyes I realized that ppl didn't see me the way I saw myself. I saw myself as this loser and most ppl saw me as a role model and as beautiful. I found this out when I finally stepped out my shell and started to talk to ppl. You should let yourself be free. You'd be surprise at how ppl really view you. Your not as bad as you think. Give yourself some credit. You wouldn't have even gotten a chance at life if you wasn't amazing, gifted and important to this world. P.s. watch the movie "Penelope", it might help.

I do that too sometimes. Instead of pains, I get all hot and bothered and can start sweating. I'm fine in the situations but thinking about it, they seem a lot worse than they are. I don't really feel like hurting myself for making a mistake though, I kinda laugh it off.

When I'm feeling paranoid about that stuff going to sleep, I can sort of see a crowd of people in front of me (in those colours you see when going to sleep) and it's just people walking past me and sometimes laughing. Must be some social anxiety related thing.

oh my god i do that too. like the exact same thing happens to me except it's kind of like my arms have a mind of their own and by the time i realize whats happened i've already hit myself. it sometimes happens in public but i can normally hide it

Heres the thing unless someone knows you they aren't really paying attention to you.

Just do what you gotta do.

Get an antidepressant. Works great for social anxiety

I'm not saying drugs are the answer, but they've always worked for me.