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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?

does anyone else's anxiety peak when they are at work? i can handle shopping, going to school, going out because i can cope with it. in those environments i only have to interact with people on a superficial level and i am free to leave and hide away by myself if i feel too much pressure. there...

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i always procrastinate getting my hair cut. i end up getting it done like once a year because i am afraid they will mess it up. it's not so much the social anxiety that keeps me away but the fear that they will mess up my hair (which takes a long time to grow). then once i finally get it cut i...

what are you like during the morning when you first wake up? ...during later morning? do you consider yourself a morning person? when i wake up in the morning i always feel SO ANGRY if anyone even so much as talks to me. it is totally irrational and fucked up but... it's like i can't control...

growing up i feel like my mom would always single me out and degrade me. she didn't treat me very well. it basically taught me resentment, mistrust, and HATE. i feel like such a hateful person. logically thinking, that is not the kind of person i want to be, but when i find myself in a social...

i'd put this in a "stress" section but there isn't one. so today i was at school walking up a very large, steep hill to get to class. this kid in front of me was walking by himself. suddenly he unabashedly belched really loud and then turned a corner. i looked at the back of him in awe and...

seem to be one of the few places i can most relax. it is hard to relax no matter where i am. even when i am sitting here at night alone i am tense with anticipation for tomorrow's obligations. the only time i truly feel peace is when i am warm, asleep (without a set alarm clock) and when i am...

are there any other adults here who opt to live at home? i'm 28 and currently living at a parent's house. while there are a lot of annoyances about it there are obviously the benefits. there are minor petty annoyances like noises while i'm trying to sleep, people using my toiletries, things...

the only reason i do it is because of the decent $$$, the flexible hours to fit around school, and it's closeby. other than that i loathe my job. i am a waitress in a high volume restaurant. with social anxiety. that's right. if i'm not on edge about the customers, i'm on edge about my...

I'm glad they took the pic at the top with the people smiling and giving a thumbs up off the site. That was so cheesy (no offense). Can someone make alternate skins for the forums? I would offer to do some but I don't have the time to install phpnuke onto my own site and tweak at it. I'm sure...

What are your nervous tics? I can't stop moving, unless I am asleep. I am constantly fidgeting my fingers, moving my arms, repositioning myself, sometimes rocking. In social situations my nervous ticks become more extensive. When I speak I have a hard time putting sentences together (my mind...

New Book: How Shyness Became a Mental Illness EVANSTON, Ill. --- What's wrong with being shy, and just when and how did bashfulness and other ordinary human behaviors in children and adults become psychiatric disorders treatable with powerful, potentially dangerous drugs, asks a Northwestern...

Nasal spray helps people fight their fears By Nicole Martin source A nasal spray containing an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis may help people to overcome their fears of public speaking, attending work parties or even performing karaoke. Psychologists found that sprays emitting...