Are you always anxious?

[Rise Against]

The only time i ever get scared/anxious is in social situations. Its weird because im the biggest dare devil, i would much rather try a backflip on my snowboard or go skydiving than talk to an unfamiliar person.

Are you guys always anxious or are you like me, only in social situations?

 

[lurknomore]

Only in some social situations. Overall, I'm a pretty laid back person- hardly ever anxious about anything- nothing bothers me except when I'm in a situation where I feel like I'm expected to be social and don't know how, or I have to make a phone call to an unfamiliar person- I think the phone is my biggest anxiety actually, because while I'm uncomfortable in many social situations, I'm still not all that anxious.

 

[Rise Against]

Only in some social situations. Overall, I'm a pretty laid back person- hardly ever anxious about anything- nothing bothers me except when I'm in a situation where I feel like I'm expected to be social and don't know how, or I have to make a phone call to an unfamiliar person- I think the phone is my biggest anxiety actually, because while I'm uncomfortable in many social situations, I'm still not all that anxious.

Im laid back too. Ive had many people tell me that im the most laid back person that they have ever met.

 

[j_brown2]

The only time iam not anxious is when i shower or get lost in a real good movie. Iam all the time anxious, even when i watch porn or just sit in my room alone and do nothing. Or if i just sit alone in my room and watch TV iam anxious coz i beat myself up for how ****ed up i look at the screen and what if someone saw me lookin like this. Iam obsessing about stuff like this all the time. OCD?

ANxiety pretty much 24/7 here. I cant imagine how i would feel being in a social situation, i came to the point were i cant even imagine it anymore. my mind wont let me, iam emotionless about it.

The only good thing that iam anxious always is that iam not feelin depression, theres no room for depression if your anxious all the time

 

[Errordotocx]

Im laid back too. Ive had many people tell me that im the most laid back person that they have ever met.

Same with me 100%.

I'm just like Lurk and Rise. I've been told by countless people that i'm the most chill, relaxed and laid back person they have ever met. Honestly, phone conversations are my biggest problem at all. Face to face social situations can be hard any they are a bit difficult for the most part for me but i'm able to still function.

 

[lurknomore]

Face to face social situations can be hard any they are a bit difficult for the most part for me but i'm able to still function.

Yeah, I don't even like saying I have social anxiety, maybe just social phobia if there is a difference. I can function around people, but basically just. Talking to people I don't know and trying to be outgoing are just beyond me.

 

[Doomed2Die]

I'm told I appear to be one of the most laid back people said person has met, often. The reality is that inside, i'm incredibly anxious, it's not even a conscious thing.

I reckon it's an OCD thing personally. I'm simply cannot be relaxed in any period of time.

 

[Argamemnon]

I'm extremely anxious around people, whether they are relatives, people I know, or strangers. Always, always, always.

 

[Errordotocx]

Yeah, I don't even like saying I have social anxiety, maybe just social phobia if there is a difference. I can function around people, but basically just. Talking to people I don't know and trying to be outgoing are just beyond me.

I have to agree with you. I don't really associate or relate myself to having social anxiety for the most part. Although I do somewhat have some of the symptoms that I have read about. I can still function and still seem to get things done. People do in fact like me, I do in fact have friends, I do in fact meet new people (at a slower rate), I do in fact enjoy socializing. Really, introductions are the hardest thing for me. I've always imagined that I give off really bad first impressions to people because i'm somewhat withdrawn and keep to myself. I suppose this is why it's so hard for me to get a girl? Other than that i've never been the most outgoing person, but i'm trying to work on all this. Just gotta keep my hopes high.

 

[Rise Against]

Yeah, I don't even like saying I have social anxiety, maybe just social phobia if there is a difference. I can function around people, but basically just. Talking to people I don't know and trying to be outgoing are just beyond me.

Yeah thats how i am... except around girls. Actually im getting better but in the past i would be on the verge of panic attacks when i was around them. Now i am more comfortable in my new school and have made some friends, there's even one girl that i can be myself around, i don't feel any anxiety around her.

 

[Errordotocx]

Yeah thats how i am... except around girls. Actually im getting better but in the past i would be on the verge of panic attacks when i was around them. Now i am more comfortable in my new school and have made some friends, there's even one girl that i can be myself around, i don't feel any anxiety around her.

Sounds like you are on your way. I'm almost certain you will defeat any anxiety you have. You seem to be very determined to change things and you are still pretty young. So you have time.

 

[Rise Against]

Errordotocx, thanks... i just wish i was as determined as you... you lost like 100 lbs, that's crazy!

 

[Errordotocx]

Hey thanks. It's took so much work to get to where I am at, but my determination just keeps me wanting to go even further. I really do imagine you have the determination as well, you just gotta find that ONE thing that keeps you so extremely motivated that it's almost impossible to stop. Of course I have mine with working on getting fit. But now i've got to do some searching to find the thing that will keep me determined to completely overcome my shyness.

You got this shit Rise Against. It's just a matter of time.

 

[Rise Against]

you just gotta find that ONE thing that keeps you so extremely motivated that it's almost impossible to stop.

Thats a good tip. I'll have to think about that.

 

[BlueTeaTree]

I'm not completely postive on whether I have social anxiety, etc, etc, since I've gotten lectures on it, but nobody's bothered with doctors. (This forum makes me feel beter, anyways.)
But I'm anxious every second of every day. It's funny, becuase I'm suppsoed to have really self-centered thoughts, but I'm always worried about what other people think. (I guess that is self-centered, but then, what doesn't relate to you in some way?) Right now, I'm sure I've been on my computer too long, and I should go get a life, and oh, wow, I wore this to school, I bet Is till looked like cra.....its like this all day. Ugh. (I need to rant.) (Actually, that bit of ranting made me not worry. :/)
And I can't really let lsoe around my friends, either. I feel like a dork/dweeb/nerd/geek/lsoer/dope/etc/etc evrywhere I go, in everything I do.
*deep breaths*

 

[newbie]

ha ha i'm really really laid back too, i guess this is another side to having S.A