GillyMarie
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Any thoughts? 
Any benefits with SA?
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It's kept me out of trouble.
Closing myself off from the world fro a few years and just watching people and the mistakes they make.
Taking in their lessons in while most of the time THEY don't
I'M GLAD i wasn't a typical high school kid.
Going to parties and getting in trouble.
I'm glad I didn't have kids at a young age.
With my best friend(well....former) being the kind of person he is.
If SA hadn't kept me in the house and not out running around with him.
Id likely be addicted to drugs and have a jail record by now like him and all his other friends.
I feel that it's made me a better person...but at the cost of the obvious toll.
Closing myself off from the world fro a few years and just watching people and the mistakes they make.
Taking in their lessons in while most of the time THEY don't
I'M GLAD i wasn't a typical high school kid.
Going to parties and getting in trouble.
I'm glad I didn't have kids at a young age.
With my best friend(well....former) being the kind of person he is.
If SA hadn't kept me in the house and not out running around with him.
Id likely be addicted to drugs and have a jail record by now like him and all his other friends.
I feel that it's made me a better person...but at the cost of the obvious toll.
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GillyMarie
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I know that I have a heightened level of self-awareness, sometimes I consider it a gift, but for the most part, a curse!!
It depends on what your values are. For me, this fear of immersing myself around others, developed this high understanding of the world, and it's flaws, as well as its strengths. But it came with a cost, I find myself trapped inside my head now, if I am with friends or family, I'm a completely different person than the one that's typing this reply up.
redhead042
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It's catch 22. We learn what's important and think how pathetic the dramas people squabble over, but anxiety stop us from doing said things
GillyMarie
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Hi Brandon, I feel exactly the same. I suppose I am the person I want to be when I am online. I am however nothing like my online alter ego. I honestly don't know how I even function, trapped in my mind so much. Really really struggling of late, weighing up the pro's and con's of carrying on.
GillyMarie
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pros and cons* There my ocd is kicking in now
totoro
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you save money by not going out much? on a more serious note, I can't think of many benefits except the heightened level of self-awareness which has been posted previously. Sadly, the cons of SA greatly outweigh the pros and I'm having a hard time thinking of other possible benefits.
Mickery
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I wouldn't go that far, depression can have a drastic effect on a person's normal behavior. I certainly have regrets, I've done things - albeit pretty minor - that I wish I hadn't because I scarcely cared any more. Nothing really seemed to matter.
razzle dazzle rose
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Pros? Are there really any pros? I want to see the silver lining too, but with SA I just don't see it. It is a major problem. An obstacle. It keeps me from doing the things I want to do.
Self-awareness is more a personality trait of introverts, and not necessarily correlated with having SA. I used to feel, like others here have mentioned, that not getting into trouble was the good thing of being like this. But. I have gotten into trouble anyway. I need to learn from my own mistakes to grow I have realized. Sometimes I feel like I should have been some junkie by now. My SA is not to thank for my not becoming one; I owe it to my willpower and the respect I have for my body.
SA is a monster and as such I don't want to give it any compliments.
Self-awareness is more a personality trait of introverts, and not necessarily correlated with having SA. I used to feel, like others here have mentioned, that not getting into trouble was the good thing of being like this. But. I have gotten into trouble anyway. I need to learn from my own mistakes to grow I have realized. Sometimes I feel like I should have been some junkie by now. My SA is not to thank for my not becoming one; I owe it to my willpower and the respect I have for my body.
SA is a monster and as such I don't want to give it any compliments.
I agree with you. I sat here listing some postives and then on the flipside I had negatives. It's like Yin and Yang not all black and white.
For an example.
Postives- It has made me more tolerant because I can relate to more people than I used to.
Negative- it has mad me less tolerant in the same sense because I fear how people react to me from past experience I've had with others.
Postive- It has made me observant because I hold my tounge and watch so many situations. It has saved me embarrassment while growing as a person.
Negative- It has made me less observant because I can get so nervous I do not watch my surroundings and it has got me into trouble a few times.
I don't know I can't think of one + with out a -.
Edit: GillyMarie I don't think it's your OCD!
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Section_31
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In a zombie apocalypse, you'll most likely be one of the survivors, because having S/A, were most likely to avoid contact with anyone who may be infected.
ok ok, im reaching. LOL. But i think its a valid point!
ok ok, im reaching. LOL. But i think its a valid point!
Well, I certainly save a lot of money from going out less. Fewer nights in bars, in cinemas, in restaurants, less time spent shopping. It all adds up.
Being single is mostly a cheaper way of life.
Having fewer friends mean fewer birthday and Christmas presents to buy.
There's a big trade-off, of course, but there is some silver lining.
Being single is mostly a cheaper way of life.
Having fewer friends mean fewer birthday and Christmas presents to buy.
There's a big trade-off, of course, but there is some silver lining.
OceanMist
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The benefit of SA is that I take less risks that could result in death such as speeding on an icy road while racing cars on a highway (A guy I knew in high school died that way). I guess it's helped me avoid STDs too. I haven't got a girl pregnant because I have been too shy throughout my life to get many women. So no alimony, child support, stuff like that.
Other things such as many people assume I'm smarter than I really am because I choose my words carefully, which I think is a result of SA.
Yeah, I think it's mainly that lack of risk-taking that can be beneficial in certain areas for me.
Other things such as many people assume I'm smarter than I really am because I choose my words carefully, which I think is a result of SA.
Yeah, I think it's mainly that lack of risk-taking that can be beneficial in certain areas for me.
WeirdyMcGee
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I will never crash my car.
I probably won't get into any fights or get in trouble with the police.
I'll never wake up in a stranger's bathtub with my organs missing.
I'll never get preggers and not know who the father is.
I am very self aware and highly aware of others around me.
I'm very good at playing videogames/ much practice.
My clothes rarely get dirty.
No one will owe me money and never pay me back because I have no friends and no money to lend.
When the mole people take over, they will make me their high ruler because I speak their language and breathe fire.
I can survive completely without a cellphone for MONTHS(years... eons)!
Chances are slim that I would catch the next round of spanish flu.
My house will never get messed up by 'party guests'
That's all I can come up with.
I probably won't get into any fights or get in trouble with the police.
I'll never wake up in a stranger's bathtub with my organs missing.
I'll never get preggers and not know who the father is.
I am very self aware and highly aware of others around me.
I'm very good at playing videogames/ much practice.
My clothes rarely get dirty.
No one will owe me money and never pay me back because I have no friends and no money to lend.
When the mole people take over, they will make me their high ruler because I speak their language and breathe fire.
I can survive completely without a cellphone for MONTHS(years... eons)!
Chances are slim that I would catch the next round of spanish flu.
My house will never get messed up by 'party guests'
That's all I can come up with.