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Does anyone else feel like they receive more rudeness and disrespect from the world - from "friends", acquaintances, or the world-at-large - than the average person? Do you feel that if you were more "normal" - you wouldn't receive (nearly) as much unkind, crappy treatment - even from virtual...

As a person who has been cursed with this awful social-anxiety disorder - I continue to struggle mightily with many forms of "excess" scrutiny - particularly if that scrutiny appears to be negative in nature. I mean, the last thing that we SAD sufferers want or need are tangible signs that we...

To continue on the vein of SA and customer service experiences....do you ever feel as though you are treated more poorly than many other customers because of your social anxiety? Do you ever feel that employees pick up on some sort of "vibe" about you (though they may not know exactly what the...

"Customer-Service" Nightmare: How do you feel about "enhanced" customer-service? Am I'm the only one who hates when customer-service becomes more personalized and obnoxious/intrusive? For example - back when I was doing a lot of shopping (a long time ago) - I would hate entering the Gap more...

Has anyone been able to leave a comment on YouTube since they implemented their horrid new commenting system? I am unhappy with the way that Google has forced Google+ down our throats by requiring that we use Google+ to leave a comment on YouTube - but whenever I've tried to kowtow to their...

Hi - as a social-anxiety sufferer - do you find that you only attract more of the type of negative responses that you fear the most? I think it's most unfortunate that - due to our vulnerable, tormented condition - we seemingly have to endure MORE negativity and disrespect from the world than...

Hi, :) I suppose that many of you here have found yourselves in situations where you could easily pick up on the fact that others were observing your nervousness/anxiety. I know for myself, one of the main (and most easily-described) ways that others have let me know that they were "on to me"...

Hi, Anyone else have the problem of constantly being treated/regarded as a (potential) shoplifter whenever you go into a store? I have had this problem for years, and it has taken a definite emotional toll. I think it's unfair, to say the least, of always being treated this way when I have...