Common trend in my SA symptoms

Just wondering if anyone had noticed any similaritied in the exact situations with which they get anxious/show anxiety symptoms.

To give you an example of what i mean:

-- I think claustrophobia (although i've never thought i had this) is somewhat related to mine. I find i'm much more likely to blush/sweat etc if i'm talking to someone inside (for example in a meeting room) than outside in the open air, even though its just as bright, if not more so, outside. It may be because it's often warm and stuffy inside whereas i get some air or cool breeze outside.

-- This relates to my next point. I think that subconciously when i know i have 'an escape' then i'm more at ease. That may also be why i prefer outside. Many ways in which to escape as opposed to one door in many rooms. Also much prefer standing up when talking, feel more powerless to escape when i'm sitting down.

Overall, the worst situation for me is if i'm in a hot, stuffy meeting room, away from the door. I worry that if i get anxiety symptoms i won't be able to escape and this increased worry makes me more prone to get anxious and the cycle of worry about these situations continues.

Another common one which i get is that i'm more prone with particular people. I wouldn't say i have the worst SA. I can go to work and communicate all day with most people normally without getting anxious, but my boss makes me anxious and i aviod her when at all possible. Its not the authority thing either. Its just that one of my earliest memories of getting anxious around someone (and this is before she was my boss) was around her. Now i always get anxious around her and i keep asking myself why. There's no reason. She's nice (mostly) but its just an automatic reaction now.

God i hate this sometimes. Thanks for reading anyway even if you have nothing to say to this. Maybe someone can relate.[/i]

For me its a current or future social situation but honestly it can be realy unpridictable. Some times I see people that should give me a panic attack and i do just fine and some other times I get an epidose and I am left scratching my head as to what was it about that person. I sometimes wonder if there might be such a thing as situational anxiety.

Another common time for me is preformance time which I guess is related to social situation. Is there such a thing as peformance anxiety?

Another common one which i get is that i'm more prone with particular people. I wouldn't say i have the worst SA. I can go to work and communicate all day with most people normally without getting anxious, but my boss makes me anxious and i aviod her when at all possible. Its not the authority thing either. Its just that one of my earliest memories of getting anxious around someone (and this is before she was my boss) was around her. Now i always get anxious around her and i keep asking myself why. There's no reason. She's nice (mostly) but its just an automatic reaction now.

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Yes I can relate to this definately, around some people I can be absolutely fine, infact I'll ask lots of questions etc. But then say I'm in a particular environment I freeze up and can't relax. I get nervous around my boss too because he seems quite shy and we've never had a proper conversation so it's kind of awkward. It' like I can switch from two different people. I notice if I'm around my friends and new people I can be fine but sometimes when I'm on my own it' just like ah! But then othertimes when it's just me and one other person in say a different environment I'd normally see them in (say a classroom) I can be chatty with them? Maybe it's just a fear of lots of people in the unknown? Or worrying if you've established a relationship where people think you're quiet/shy you can't break out of that role.

It is all extremely random. On somedays or around some people, you will be fine, but something or someone can tick it off and it all goes downhill. The last three days have been excellent. I have felt more confident, ive talked to a few people casually and havent let myself get down over stupid things. Strange thing, it is.

Yeh, guess it is pretty random. Though i was sort of hoping that if i could find a pattern and understand it i could stop it. You're all right though, can be completely fine for several days and feeling good about yourself then the same situation the next day can trigger it and you're back to square one, feeling like a dick and about a foot tall. I think maybe we all overanalyse things too much sometimes instead of just being.