Is this social anxiety or something else?
(asking this again...)
I've always been a spontaneous, random, happy person, and as a kid, I never cared what others thought. As I began to get older, though, I started getting very insecure, self-conscious, paranoid, and very nervous with some situations (something just as simple as getting up from a table to throw away something/write something down in front of the class on the board/speak aloud/walk alone to lunch/eat alone.) And as a child I was naturally optimistic and very extroverted, but now as I've grown, I've became pessimistic and more introverted than extroverted.
When faced with certain social situations, I can get very panicky to the point that I'll tremble and feel extremely scared/uncomfortable, it can sometimes get so bad that I can't comprehend things correctly. I miss out on things too because of this.
I'm also have a phobia of being criticized/being judged, so I often don't approach strangers unless I have to or something about them is interesting.
Whenever I am alone without people I'm comfortable with, I feel as if people are hating on me and talking bad about me, I also imagine that something bad or embarrassing will happen to me while Im alone in public.
On the other hand, when I'm all alone, I have so much fun and its like Im in my element. I spend my entire day shut into my room because I feel alot better that way.
| Yes. | 10 | |
| No. | 4 | |
| This is something else (explain in comments.) | 2 |