Awkwardness..

mikestar

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Hi, not posted on here for a while but I need some help and advice.

Not sure what the problem is, It may have something to do with sa may not..

I find it very difficult to walk, stand and move my body without feeling awkward. An example; In the shopping centre and have to stop to look at items, feel so odd having to physicaly stop my body and stand still for a few seconds. Then again at the cashier but more intense because lots more people. Also I find this problem when having to walk around corners and obstacles, I just can't seem to move freely without feeling like a robot!

Other examples; walking upto a door and having to physicaly stop in order to get the key in, having to sit down where you gotta turn your body 90 degree first.

This problem has become more intense in the last couple years and it has prevented me from doing many activites, obvious things such as physical sport and going to the shops.
Before I couldn't give a **** how I moved my body and was really flexible, now am always thinking am I standing right, are my feet at the right angle and what do I do with my hands?!

Hope all that makes sense because I can't make head or tail of it lol

Mikestar
 

mikestar

Banned
its very very hard to explain, took me ages lol

gotta know the problem yourself b4 u can understand

I thought i was the only person to

:)
 

NathanielWingatePeaslee

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I've had this problem before as well. Not most of the time, just sometimes.

The more you think about what your movements look like, the more you tense up, and the more unnatural your movements become.

It's a self-feeding cycle of self-consciousness.
 
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userremoved

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Yeah I do too. Especially if I think somebody is watching me closely. Ive actually walked into things because my legs would get so clumsy and uncoordinated. ::(:
 

nopark

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I get this way from time to time, too. I think the problem is definitely that we just think too much. I get like that with all sorts of mundane things. Like if I have to sign my name on a credit-card receipt, if I consciously think about it -- I indubitably screw it up.
 

Pookah

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I hate standing still too long. Especially waiting for transactions to take place because I never know where to direct my gaze.
 

Krista

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I'm pretty sure I know what you're talking about? I can't shop alone because stopping to look at things makes me nervous, which in turn makes me uncoordinated. I constantly feel like people are watching and judging what I do. Most of the time if I'm alone, I'll actually walk right past things that I need to get and come back to aisle when it's empty so I know no one is watching.
 

DanFC

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Hah, I know how that is Krista. I even go to deserted high-priced gas stations to avoid pumping gas when anyone's around, or else I'll start fumbling around, feeling awkward and whatnot. Sometimes it feels like a play, and it's like I have to do my part right as everyone is staring at me like an audience.
 

nopark

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Hah, I know how that is Krista. I even go to deserted high-priced gas stations to avoid pumping gas when anyone's around, or else I'll start fumbling around, feeling awkward and whatnot. Sometimes it feels like a play, and it's like I have to do my part right as everyone is staring at me like an audience.
Too right. That play metaphor is right on the button!

I usually wait until non-peak hours to do anything. Stores that are open 24h a day, or at least midnight, are awesome.
 

206Raider

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Lol I also do a lot of this. Especially when alone and going back to aisles when they are unoccupied lol. I haven't avoided gas stations or anything like that though becuase they are full. I hate sitting still in meetings sometimes becuase I start feeling like what should I be doing, and do I look awkward? I also hate going to the counter for transactions and it takes a minute and I don't really have anything to say so I don't know where I should be looking. If the cashier is really outgoing I can talk, but if they don't talk much either it just feels awkward up until the point and I say "you have a good day too" lol
 
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