If you're in your car in a traffic jam and there are cars...

adjacent to you with people in, do you get self conscious? If so what do you usually do?

Please answer if you read this whether its yes or now, I would be so grateful as I am trying to work something out.

No, ive got my licence this summer, and i feel extremely confident when im driving, strange really, its probably about feeling the power of the machine under your control, you know. I even took a hitchhiker up once

Well i dont get self conscious near people i dont know anyway, doesnt matter if im in a car or not...

That is interesting. I am actually really glad you said that. I will explain in more detail later today.

What situations do you suffer anxiety around people?

Im fine with "formal" situations like shopping in a mall, buying clothes for myself, eating around others, getting my hair cut. Im completely fine with that, cos those are things i dont have to show the "real me" and therefore there can be no judgement, i can even ask for discounts at shops and return something ive bought to get my money back. These things are no problem for me. But im exceptional i guess.

But when the social interactions go to a "personal" level, when you have to be yourself , i get extremely anxious, blush , sweat and stuff. So i normally get nervous around people i know, rather than people i dont know. Thats why my doctor thinks mine is not SP, she says its an obsession about social interactions, she says im a perfectionist (which i am indeed), and when i see im not "good enough" for something (which is social interactions in my case) , i totally avoid it... All or nothing...

OMG i have this as well, i have a fringe so i tend to look down and pretend to be doing something on my phone. When im approaching traffic lights on a dual carriage way I don't stop right on the line i usually stay about two metres away and just hope that the person in the other lane stops a bit more forward than what i have. I know its hard but if u can look up, i've tried it a few times and found that no one is actually looking. Sorry i know i haven't been much help, but dont worry there not judging you.

Y I can really relate to what you say- things like interviews and 'formal' situations where I know I can prepare to 'fake it' for a couple of minutes or whatever, is fine, but as soon as its spontaneous, even a small conversation about my weekend with a classmate, I just tend to freeze up

It used to bother me and some times does a little but no where near as much, like bobby88 said if you get the nerve to actually look at the cars beside you then you will see that no one is loking at you or even intrested in what you do, so for me the answer is NO.

Driving is one thing that i never get anxious about, iam confident at it and feel so comfortable in this little bubble of safety. I feel ok driving with strangers in my car( like bros mates or what ever) but if iam not driving and just sitting there with strangers then the anxiety just goes way up :?

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Re: If you're in your car in a traffic jam and there are car

charlieHungerford said:

adjacent to you with people in, do you get self conscious? If so what do you usually do?

Please answer if you read this whether its yes or now, I would be so grateful as I am trying to work something out.

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I think it all depends in where you are driving... if theres a lot of traffic or something like that it is normal to get conscious... or scared...

Re: If you're in your car in a traffic jam and there are car

charlieHungerford said:

adjacent to you with people in, do you get self conscious? If so what do you usually do?

Please answer if you read this whether its yes or now, I would be so grateful as I am trying to work something out.

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I'm usually not anxious or self conscious when I'm driving, be it in gridlock or any other time in that respect. As far as the other drivers are concerned, I really don't care what they're doing, thinking, saying or otherwise.