Hi guys,
I experienced an unpleasant incident today.
I was in the supermarket buying things and I happened to see my neighbour in the first aisle. He was right in front of me and I smiled and said hello. But he avoided looking at me and walked off. I thought maybe he might have been in his own thoughts (though I was just directly in front of him. It's very obvious he avoided me on purpose.).
Then, I went to another aisle and I happen to face him coincidentally. But he avoided looking at me and walked away again.
To tell the truth, I felt insulted and embarrassed. He and I have said hi to each other many times before. I felt he was quite rude to avoid just like that.
As a person who suffer from SA, I felt very bothered about it. It makes me think like I have done something wrong. I used to avoid social situations due to intense SA in the past. Now, I'm trying to make small steps to improve. But, incidents like this make me lose my self-confidence and become socially anxious again. This incident happened in the morning and I kept ruminating about it until evening. I have been affected to that extent.
I would like to seek advice on how I can handle such situation in the future and also what I can do to block that thought from my mind.
I'm not sure. Next time, I see him I feel like I want to avoid him when I see him in public just like what he did to me today. I mean why should I bother to be polite to a person who is rude. Am I wrong to think like this?
I experienced an unpleasant incident today.
I was in the supermarket buying things and I happened to see my neighbour in the first aisle. He was right in front of me and I smiled and said hello. But he avoided looking at me and walked off. I thought maybe he might have been in his own thoughts (though I was just directly in front of him. It's very obvious he avoided me on purpose.).
Then, I went to another aisle and I happen to face him coincidentally. But he avoided looking at me and walked away again.
To tell the truth, I felt insulted and embarrassed. He and I have said hi to each other many times before. I felt he was quite rude to avoid just like that.
As a person who suffer from SA, I felt very bothered about it. It makes me think like I have done something wrong. I used to avoid social situations due to intense SA in the past. Now, I'm trying to make small steps to improve. But, incidents like this make me lose my self-confidence and become socially anxious again. This incident happened in the morning and I kept ruminating about it until evening. I have been affected to that extent.
I would like to seek advice on how I can handle such situation in the future and also what I can do to block that thought from my mind.
I'm not sure. Next time, I see him I feel like I want to avoid him when I see him in public just like what he did to me today. I mean why should I bother to be polite to a person who is rude. Am I wrong to think like this?