Recent content by AsHLeY

Anybody from Ontario wanna chat?

Even if I have no trouble at all talking to somebody I work with about any topics (not just work) - as soon as I see them outside of the work environment... like at the store or something, my initial reaction is to avoid being in their line of sight, for fear of making conversation. It's weird...

I have such a huge problem with negative thinking. It's not very often that I say to myself "I know I can do this" or "I'm really good at this" etc. I criticize everything about myself. For some reason I always feel that I'm not funny enough or clever enough to hold anyone's interest. I view my...

Most people think I'm a hard person to get to know. It's probably because I don't like talking about my personal life that much... even with good friends. I guess I sort of put up a "barrier" - like a defense mechanism. Possibly because if nobody REALLY knows me too well, I feel as though I...

Whenever I make friends with someone, they seem to smother me until I can't stand them any longer. My friendships usually don't outlast a year before I end up moving on to another. It's pathetic, really. I envy the people that "have been best friends since birth." I don't know if it's because my...

I feel that I go out of my "comfort zone" quite often.... which could be because I'm uncomfortable in a lot of different social/unfamiliar situations. Most of the friends I've had over the years are kinda shy ~ but nowhere near as anxious in social settings as I am. They always want me to go...

Does anybody else overthink and analyze every little thing?? I can't help it ~ I just constantly think through every possible scenario that "could" happen in a situation, no matter how unlikely it is. For example: let's say someone tells a joke. I know of a good one as well but then I start...

I generally try to pretend that I'm excited about going some place for a bonfire/party when deep down, I'm freaking out times ten! I try to pretend that the social things that are supposed to be fun, actually ARE fun to me. I've always felt anxiety around people I don't know and it takes me sooo...

From an early age, I knew I was more than "just shy" but I never heard of social anxiety disorder before I came across it on the net last week. After reading up on it from many different sites and quizzing myself on various self-assessment tests, I've realized that I fit into this category very...