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  1. megalon

    A reintroduction

    Hello out there in internet land! My name is Jason, and I became a member of this forum more than a decade ago. I'm 32 years old, and I've had social anxiety for as long as I can remember. I never had any friends when I was growing up. Anyway, I left this site because things in my life were...
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    Inarticulate Ramblings of Jason

    I have decided after some deliberation to start a journal on this site, because I have no way to vent my feelings in real life. First a brief introduction. I'm Jason, I'm 26, I live near Buffalo, and I've suffered from social anxiety for as long as I can remember. As I'm typing this post, I...
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    What do these symbols mean?

    Just out of curiosity. I know when they have a black dot, it means I posted in that thread, and the lock means the thread is locked. What's the difference between white and yellow?
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    Expert at "walking on eggshells"

    I feel like a lot of my problems with opening up to people stem from how my mother acted when I was growing up. She always finds something to complain about. She is constantly instigating arguments with my dad and my sister. I was riding in the car yesterday with her and my sister and they got...
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    SPW movie night?

    Someone posted in another thread yesterday the idea of having a movie night with chat. I was thinking about this a few days ago. It would be doable for people with xbox360 quite easily. Xboxlive is limited to a max of 8 in a party though, and obviously not everyone has a 360. Also, I just found...
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    Easier to make friends with females?

    I realized recently that the few friends I've had and anyone close to being a friend have all been females. I never had any male friends. I think maybe I feel the need to compete with other guys and my feelings of inferiority make me think that I can't, so I gravitate towards girls as friends...
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    Where does one (who doesn't drink) go to be sociable?

    The weather's beautiful and I'm feeling somewhat confident. Where do normal people go that isn't a bar? Assuming said normal person doesn't have any friends to do anything with. I want to go somewhere to step outside my comfort zone and get some social experience. I used to go to the local...
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    Lonely and need to vent

    Sorry I know this is like a hundred other threads on here but I have nowhere to vent and no one to tell how I feel. I was thinking positively and taking great steps to get over my anxiety. I could hold eye contact and make small talk. Then a few months back I sort of plateaued and started...
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    SA among SA

    I've just realized that it feels like I have SA even among a group of people with SA. On here, as in the real world, you have the sort of clique of people who seem to all be friends and know each other and then there's everyone else. I suppose it's just human nature. I'm not complaining, just...
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    a few questions about making friends online

    I've read through a few posts on here where people mention that they have online friends that they have never met face to face. I was wondering how and where one might seek to make friends online. I have a few coworkers that I consider friends, but at the end of every day when work is over I...
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