I cant control my facial expressions!

when i'm speaking with someone its like i'm ok for a minute but if i start to think about anxiety i stress myself out and its then its like i cant even hear what the person is saying im too busy trying to control whether i should try to make eye contact should i look away should i be smiling now or have an answer then i see them looking at me weird and its like i think they can see im uncomfortable and thats makes them uncomfortable! am i alone in this? recently its not just strangers its happening with its my close friend also but if i havent seen them for a while or havent spent much time with them i cant help it and i feel im going to lose them and have no friends if this continues! also if im alone walking up the street for no reason i'll feel like everyone is looking at me and then ill start to have a panic attack (to myself) on the outside i look fine on the inside i cant breath! does anyone else feel like this?

anxiety does that , you get real tense and self conscious , to key for me is to just focus on relaxing , try the best you can to just relax your facial muscles and breath deeply and slowly , that's how i keep it under control

No, you're not alone. It keeps happening to me, even with the people I know "well". It's especially hard when somebody's explaining you something and looking at you all the time and you just have to stare at him/her to show you're listening which I find extremely difficult. Makes me feel so awkward. I just don't know where to look, because I can't keep my eyes on them all the time, it's impossible. Then I start thinking about my posture and so on. It's hard to listen when all of your concentration is on how you look in their eyes.

For me, this was at it's worst a few months ago. Now - it's a huge relief - I've just suddenly gotten partially rid of it. I'm not as nervous and stiff in these situations, but still, they're a pain at times. It also depends on the day, one day I'm unusually shaky and nervous, then one day not so much, at least that much less that I don't think about it every single second.

Blabla.. said:

anxiety does that , you get real tense and self conscious , to key for me is to just focus on relaxing , try the best you can to just relax your facial muscles and breath deeply and slowly , that's how i keep it under control

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this does help taking a deep breath! its kinda like a kick going what de hell are u so nervous about but u cant really take a deep breath and close ur eyes when ur talking to someone lol

Piece_By_Piece said:

No, you're not alone. It keeps happening to me, even with the people I know "well". It's especially hard when somebody's explaining you something and looking at you all the time and you just have to stare at him/her to show you're listening which I find extremely difficult. Makes me feel so awkward. I just don't know where to look, because I can't keep my eyes on them all the time, it's impossible. Then I start thinking about my posture and so on. It's hard to listen when all of your concentration is on how you look in their eyes.

For me, this was at it's worst a few months ago. Now - it's a huge relief - I've just suddenly gotten partially rid of it. I'm not as nervous and stiff in these situations, but still, they're a pain at times. It also depends on the day, one day I'm unusually shaky and nervous, then one day not so much, at least that much less that I don't think about it every single second.

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even just talking to people that understand really helps and im so grateful for that everything u just said i agree with 100%.