Is it normal to be like this?

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I have severe social anxiety. Every time I hear someone whispering, I think they're saying bad things about me. I get nervous when someone speaks to me at school, sometimes. Or other places for that matter. I hate being around other kids. I hate communicating with other people. I hate sunlight. I love gloomy, gray sky's. I love horrible weather. I don't like change, or meeting new people. I am very anti social. I don't like going places where I have to talk to people. I get nervous when I talk to people I don't know, because what if my voice cracks? What if I accidentally spit while I'm talking?! Is this normal?

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  • Short4Words
    8 years ago

    Yes. This is what SA is all about.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    I feel the same. Totally socially inept that I am. Hope you can sort it out.

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  • gloryholeflasher
    8 years ago

    I used to be the same as you in all those things you mentioned except the weather. I love the sunshine!
    I was a loner and I liked it that way. I felt inferior. When I got out of high school and began working full time I poured myself into my work and I excelled at it. Very soon people WERE talking about me alright, but it was all good things. The only complaint I heard was "he doesn't talk much"!
    After a few short years I discovered that I no longer had to follow the crowd and do as everybody else did in order to fit in because I was so admired and respected by my peers that some of them wanted to be like me. That's when I began to come out of my shell. It was a long painful process because I DIDN't KNOW how to socialize. Most people learn that as little kids when nobody cares if you make a mistake and you say or do the wrong thing.
    After many years of forcing myself to engage socially I've gotten to the point where I feel comfortable at it. Now I notice the social cripples in the party, meeting, whatever, and try to help them feel more comfortable and accepted.

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