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i have a friend (really its more like an aquaintance that i hang out with once or twice a year and keep in contact via net- to be specific!) anyway, she invited me to her birthday get together that was supposed to be this weekend and supposed to be a pool party- which i would've been down with...

everyone says that it doesn't matter what people think of you. it does. everything always depends on what people think of you! people who are wealthy are wealthy because they are ACCEPTED. i have never felt genuinely accepted. * in high school i was on a team (which took a huge amount of balls...

i don't know if this is another defense mechanism but i rarely EVER initiate... well, anything. i never call people, i never i.m. people, i never start convos... basically i exist and if someone thinks i am worthwhile they will come to me. then i will engage (probably on a superficial level)...

How do you feel about relatives following you on the internet? ...Or other people you know in real life following you on the internet? What do you say to them? How do you deal with it? I don't mind adding them on myspace but when they start following me to other parts of the internet I become...

could we add a new forum? or maybe a few? i'd like to see a board specifically for people with social phobia/anxiety in their 30s. maybe there could be one for teens, 20s, then 40s and up. people in their 30s face completely different social expectations and challenges than people in their teens...

i always have this sense that i am disliked by people. everywhere. everyone. it's this everpresent feeling that people are rolling their eyes at me and scoffing behind my back. even if they seem to like me i'm sure that they say bad things about me behind my back. it's like a 24-7 delusion. it...

is it still in effect?

do you notice patterns for when you frequent this site? are you more likely to visit this site on more anxious days? i notice that i frequent this site a LOT more on work days. on work days my entire day is pretty much ruined with anxiety in dread of work. i guess i come here on those days...

do you frequent negative websites? i have been thinking that my web surfing habits are not good. i tend to bounce between about 10 websites and many of them are just kind of... negative. it's not that the sites themselves are negative but the comments left tend to be...

do you feel extra crazy when you haven't eaten and/or you are tired? i get shakey, feel sick, and i can feel the crazy in my bones. i can kind of sense i might be feeling extra-irrational and it is better to just isolate myself so i don't fly off the handle. i feel it right now hehe

here is a link to a newsweek article. i thought it was pretty interesting: More Than Just 'Quirky' Because they may have different symptoms than boys do, some girls with Asperger's syndrome don't get diagnosed. i seriously wonder if i am one of those girls who have never been diagnosed.

i think i am getting fired. here's the scoop: usually i work 2 nights a week. we are fully staffed and 2 weeks ago they brought in 2 new servers that the owner recruited from other restaurants. he personally hand selected these guys because he thought they were so good. ok. so last week i was...

i am getting older now and i feel like i am becoming a bitch. i always thought of myself as a nice person. so much that i was a doormat. i have always tried to be nice. still i find myself being overly polite when i'm in public- especially at work where i am forced to kiss ass and play the...

anyone else experience this? it seems like it is nearly humanly impossible for me to laugh. the only thing that makes me laugh is pets & animals. sometimes i hear people laughing and it sounds so wonderful. i enjoy hearing it when it is genuine but i don't feel much humor and not enough to give...

so it takes me about 24 hours to get a joke [at my expense]. yesterday a coworker(1) kept telling another coworker(2) they smelled so good. finally after hearing it several times over on a couple occasions i was like, "really? i don't smell anything." coworker(1) said it was the perfume, so i...

background: i'm 28y/o living at home while attending college and working. i'm socially inept but functioning. the other people living in this house are my mom and her husband. i have been living here now for a little over a year. problem: i have discovered on two different accounts that my mom...

how old is too old to be living with your parents? the social norm in america is for kids to either leave or be kicked out at age 18. but it seems like norms are changing as time goes on. many people are staying at home longer, especially with the economy kind of sucking. but how old is too old...

human beings are animals. we are not gods, we are not machines. my body and mind do not agree with these "norms" and extreme social molds that we are expected to squeeze ourselves into. i call these social molds extreme because they are not natural. it is not natural for an animal to do the...

there are a lot of social anxiety videos on youtube. i was wondering if anyone here posts videos?

how do you get counseling if you are uninsured?