AngelusNovus
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Do you think that's what's holding you back from achieving what you want and overcoming this disease? The fear of failure? The fear of embarassing yourself in front of others?
Are you afraid of making mistakes?
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lyricalliaisons
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Not for me, at all. I would love to achieve something. In fact, my social anxiety has nothing to do with fear of embarrassing myself in front of others. It's wierd because, I always seem to be the only one that's not the case for.
Walk
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Helyna said:
For the most, this is the disease. There are other reasons for other people. Hell, even some people here claim to LIKE their disease... so yeah.
For me, it is mostly a fear of the embarrassment that comes from rejection. I am not afraid of mistakes, per se, because I am currently in school and I'm not really afraid that I will make mistakes in math or in writing an essay. Or also, I'm not afraid that I will make mistakes in learning to play the guitar. It's mostly when it comes to being accepted by people that I get all weirded out. I even get a little rush of awkwardness/anxiety when I step out of my house. The exact origin of the fear of rejection is unknown to me, but there is a good chance that it is biological to a large extent. That, and bad experiences growing up. Hard to tell which one is the bigger source of our/my anxiety.
It's just so unbalanced how I can be so normal in most respects but when it comes to being a socially interactive person, I can only get so far.
faithnomore
Banned
More like the fear of not getting what i want (things that money cant buy)
no1
Banned
yes.. I fear making mistakes all the time, espcially cuz I have had trouble getting sleep so I fear making myself look stupid or ignorant. Especially the kind of mistakes that would make people look at me like "where you been all this time living under a rock?" "are you that stupid?" etc.
whispering_screams
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I'm not afraid of making mistakes. I'm afraid of not being able to fix them afterwards.
Crayzorder
Active member
Rejection. Thats the only thing that will ever hurt me or make me not want to do things.