When walking streets, for some reason, I feel like everyone is pointing and laughing (I know they aren't). I just start to panic; I have all of these physical symptoms. Anyone else?
Fear Of Walking Down The Street
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jco3
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I'm with you.
I used to go for runs a lot, and I would think the same thing. It gets exhausting after a while. It got to a point where I would only go running super late, and super early when no one was out.
It was freeing actually, to be the only one out there. I saw quite a bit of wildlife that I would have never seen running in the day.
I used to go for runs a lot, and I would think the same thing. It gets exhausting after a while. It got to a point where I would only go running super late, and super early when no one was out.
It was freeing actually, to be the only one out there. I saw quite a bit of wildlife that I would have never seen running in the day.
Sure, it think everyone are getting this.
Sometimes I wish the cold war between US and Soviet Republic would have ended differently so we would all live in post apocalyptic world. Yeah, it's selfish to think like that but.. well.. I function in chaos much better than in this sterile world.
Sometimes I wish the cold war between US and Soviet Republic would have ended differently so we would all live in post apocalyptic world. Yeah, it's selfish to think like that but.. well.. I function in chaos much better than in this sterile world.
lyricalliaisons
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I do get scared walking down the street, it's one of the reasons I'm afraid to leave the house most of the time. But, for me, it's not because I feel like everyone's pointing at me, it's because I worry people are going to talk to me, or I worry about all of the noises outside, or about being hit by a car, or about dealing with all the people on the bus if I'm headed to a bus stop.
kelskellian
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Sometimes my whole body stiffens up and its hard navagate my body,I know I look stupid when I do this,I get nervous so my body tenses up and than I get embarrssed about it,so going out in public is realworkout for me
Samsapple
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Same here...
We're not meant to live in constant sedation. Anxiety is our caffeinated 9-5 job vs. our hunter/gatherer primal instincts raging war on each other. And sadly there will always be a loser.
Samsapple
Member
I feel the same way. It's a burden on our sensory system.
Also a lack of trust in people.
THeCARS1979
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I dont have this fear , it doesnt bother me.
MikeyC
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I don't have a fear of walking down the street, even a busy street, but I do dislike crossing paths because I don't know whether to nod or look away. I usually do the latter.
I don't like someone in front of me walking in my direction, though, because then I have to fall back or speed up to avoid invading their personal space.
I don't like someone in front of me walking in my direction, though, because then I have to fall back or speed up to avoid invading their personal space.
crazycatlady27
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yeah i get this, i tried to combat it in my c.b.t and i can just about do it with one or two people on the street but when its really busy and there are teenagers i really freak out, i feel as if i am abnormal or funny looking or i am walking funny or that they can see my panic lol
it made me an agrophobic for a while, i didnt want to leave the house unless i thought i was perfect or was with someone
the way i tried it in c.b.t was look ahead at something like trees or birds, and dont look at them as they will look at you lol
it made me an agrophobic for a while, i didnt want to leave the house unless i thought i was perfect or was with someone
the way i tried it in c.b.t was look ahead at something like trees or birds, and dont look at them as they will look at you lol
crazycatlady27
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just this morning i have to take my daughter to school, luckily i have a angel that meets me, i got the end of my road saw teenagers and agrhhhhhhhhhhhh the heart the closed throat, the sweating the feeling like i am hot as hell when its freezing cold feeling off balanced, the people are all looking at me as if i am a alien
to feel slighty normal would be a miracle for me
to feel slighty normal would be a miracle for me
mikebird
Banned
Yep. There is no strain or concern. It's been the same type of mockery since I lived here, in 2001. Nothing happens. I seem to detect people's curiosity of me - that I'm a loathsome alien with... a funny haircut, weird shoes... strange eyes... way of... walking. Nothing is physical. I see this attitude of others for their twisted minds. I was more confident a couple of decades ago, at the height of my existence, within a pack of like-minded student friends.
I feel superior to people 'in town' who seem to exist on fast food in street corners and their moooobeeeeeel fones, desperate to be... out(?) Shopping? People in groups of shouting, laughing, bouncing people, acting, looking at me, giggling. Sitting down, standing up, not moving, doing nothing. Just there. That's what I read. I see 1-year old minds in 15-12 year old bodyshells. I expect people to ignore others. I do. I move through town, from place to place, fast. Escalator to another, through large crowds. I don't stay still. Maybe New York is different... or about the same? Who knows?
I walk through busy areas inside, outside, with a destination and objective in mind. NOT a fear of people or trying to avoid anyone. Just to achieve something.
Not those who sit on the sofa all day long. Or homeless
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