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Yesterday I was at a social event with my family. I think I came off as very awkward and embarrassed my self and my family member. I'm still down on my self.

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I agree, I love the US but wish it was a lot more laid-back

I can totally relate. I constantly ruminate about terrible 'what if' scenarios. I think this is the down side of being a highly imaginative person.

Do mindfulness work for you?

Do anyone here feel like they do not fit into the culture which you where born but believe that your life would be better if you lived in a different culture? Like if you are a part of western culture but feel you would be happier within eastern culture? Would you prefer to live within another...

Very sad :(

I feel like millions of people hate me because of the political party I support. I feel like millions of people hate me because of my race. I feel like millions of people hate me because I don't have a job and they believe that only losers don't work. I believe that millions of people hate me...

Dose anyone have close friends that you share little or nothing in common with personality wise? Can you relate to or form a bond with someone that is completely different from yourself (with a different personality, different opinions and views and share no similar interests with you) ? Do you...

My OCD usually don't bother me that much but lately it has been bothering me a lot and I am suffering because of it. I know that this sounds weird but I just keep getting intrusive thoughts about the reality that I'm living in is not real, like I am not really setting here typing on the computer...

Do you think that you would still have social anxiety if we lived in a world where people were kinder to one another? May people with SA hate small talk, but would you still hate small talk if we lived in a world were you didn't have to worry about being mocked and ridiculed for saying...

The other day I as riding with my mother to my doctors appointment. my mother needed to stop and get gas, so we stopped at the gas station. My mother and I really didn't have much of any money but we managed to find two dollars worth of change. We didn't know if that was enough to get as much...

It seems that lately politics in the U.S and the left vs. right thing have been causing me a great deal of anxiety. This is because there seem to be so much hatred and bitterness between the left and the right. I do not know if there is as much political unrest in other countries. I fear that...

Is it possible for someone to make a conscious decision to be happy, and succeed in making his or her self happy, even if s/he is in a unfortunate situation? Or is happiness something that can only happen when something good happen in our lives thus giving us something to be happy about?

Do you think that SA is rational? Do you believe that it is reasonable for a person to fear and avoid social situations, considering that there are a lot of rude, mean or judgmental people in the world? Or do you believe that the fear of social situations is irrational? (by social...