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I was on an animal rights forum the other day and some of the comments from members seemed very familiar to some on these forums...I am wondering if anyone else like me feels a particular bond with animals and a lack of a bond with humanity? Browsing the introductory forums is where I stumbled...

I posted something like this a while back which did not illicit any sort of familiarity with anyone as there were no responses so I thought now that it is really running rampant I would post it again with perhaps a better description. As the title says I cannot express natural facial...

I think much of my issue with eye contact is my face freezing up when I do so, like I can't express emotion through my facial muscles when I am looking at someone in the eye. Does anyone know what would help? I would think some sort of facial exercises or something might. Any suggestions?

I can be a somewhat engaging funny person with some people some times, but it seems like these situations of social energy are just bursts and that after a short period of time in that situation my outward consciousness will recoil into my mind and I will once again become cold, disconnected...

What measures have you taken to solve your issues: 1-pharma 2-psychiatric 3-other 4-self struggling I ask this in relation to OCD, social anxiety and anything else applicable to these boards. Thanks for your replies ahead of time.

Everyone smiles at different things, some people think that they are funny and amusing, sometimes they are and sometimes they aren't. When I am sitting or standing near someone and they say something that is supposed to be a joke I will look over and feel like I have to smile or give a little...

Sometimes I feel like a corpse, a floating skin sack. I am going back to work tomorrow from a week of holidays and one thing I learned is that as much as I love time off I am too depressed and messed up to truly enjoy it. It was a great opportunity to reflect on my dissatisfaction with life...

I am new here, I had OCD symptoms early in life in one form and from late elementary school into early high school developed OCD where from will power I managed to repress it successfully. Since then I have considered myself socially awkward until some months ago when OCD reared it's ugly head...