Hi Everyone,
I am facing a problem which has been affecting my life to a very large extent.
I'm not sure whether this is related to social anxiety, anthrophobia or just plain fear or shyness.
I tend to smile akwardly when I see or pass by people. Let it be any place. Shops, school, bus-stop etc.
Let me give you a few examples:
When I take the lift and there is a person inside already, my mouth will automatically twitch to an akward smile before I know it.
When crossing the pedastrian crossing or walking along the pavement, if there are people walking at the opposite direction, my mouth will twitch to a smile as well.
If I enter a classroom with many students seated in it, my mouth automatically twitches to smile.
Even if I feel someone is looking at me, the smile occurs.
I just hate this problem. I feel like i'm behaving like a lunatic person. I just don't know why but i can't force myself to not smile. Its damn humiliating and embarrassing. I mean people who see me smile out of the sudden will think i'm crazy or something.
I hate going out nowadays and prefer to stay at home. I don't even step out of my house on weekends due to fear of crowd.
I'm 23 yrs old now. But I only started to have this problem since 2012. Before 2012, I had no problem going out and walking pass people, even if it is crowded or not. Sometimes, I wish that I could go back in time back to 2011 whereby I was still normal.
I used to have dreams of finding job overseas and travel around the world. Now with this problem, I can't even step out of my house at all. =(
I have interest in taking up language classes but now i dare not take up classes due to this fear.
Is this social phobia or just plain shyness?
When I board the bus or train, I face the same problem if there are people and i tend to watch videos in my ipod to avoid this damn smiling.
It this able to be cured by medication or some injection that can prevent this smiles?
I am taking my degree currently and i have started to skip classes regularly. =(
I feel very worthless nowadays and think whether is it worth it to go through this pain everyday. Sometimes, I wonder whether I should just take my own life (suicide) to stop all this suffering.
I just feel sad that my normal life have turned out to be such a disaster.
I am facing a problem which has been affecting my life to a very large extent.
I'm not sure whether this is related to social anxiety, anthrophobia or just plain fear or shyness.
I tend to smile akwardly when I see or pass by people. Let it be any place. Shops, school, bus-stop etc.
Let me give you a few examples:
When I take the lift and there is a person inside already, my mouth will automatically twitch to an akward smile before I know it.
When crossing the pedastrian crossing or walking along the pavement, if there are people walking at the opposite direction, my mouth will twitch to a smile as well.
If I enter a classroom with many students seated in it, my mouth automatically twitches to smile.
Even if I feel someone is looking at me, the smile occurs.
I just hate this problem. I feel like i'm behaving like a lunatic person. I just don't know why but i can't force myself to not smile. Its damn humiliating and embarrassing. I mean people who see me smile out of the sudden will think i'm crazy or something.
I hate going out nowadays and prefer to stay at home. I don't even step out of my house on weekends due to fear of crowd.
I'm 23 yrs old now. But I only started to have this problem since 2012. Before 2012, I had no problem going out and walking pass people, even if it is crowded or not. Sometimes, I wish that I could go back in time back to 2011 whereby I was still normal.
I used to have dreams of finding job overseas and travel around the world. Now with this problem, I can't even step out of my house at all. =(
I have interest in taking up language classes but now i dare not take up classes due to this fear.
Is this social phobia or just plain shyness?
When I board the bus or train, I face the same problem if there are people and i tend to watch videos in my ipod to avoid this damn smiling.
It this able to be cured by medication or some injection that can prevent this smiles?
I am taking my degree currently and i have started to skip classes regularly. =(
I feel very worthless nowadays and think whether is it worth it to go through this pain everyday. Sometimes, I wonder whether I should just take my own life (suicide) to stop all this suffering.
I just feel sad that my normal life have turned out to be such a disaster.