Are you intimidated by other people

[KiaKaha]

Ridiculous question on a forum for social phobics right?

To be honest, I am more afraid of negative judgement and lack of acceptance - rejection hurts me more than anything else because it feels like that is all I have ever known - which is when I withdraw and feel depressed.

When it comes to bullying, discourteous behavior and intimidation - I can surprisingly stand up for myself - within reason... I am not stupid either.
I see intimidation for what it is - rather than what it is trying to be. I dont like it - I think there are better ways to get people to respect you. It just makes me feel angry and my emotions kick in - I am not one to be subservient to others if I feel its undeserved.

So are you intimidated by other people - especially in the context that someone is trying to make you do something by overawing you into coercion. Dominance with the purpose of control.... do you resist?

 

[Srijita52]

Yes yes and yes, I'm very intimated by such type of people, its the one thing I hate the most. In fact I'm going through something similar atm. I try to stand up for myself, but it does make me feel bad.

 

[MikeyC]

Depends on who they are, but I can get very intimidated. I'm actually less intimidated now than I used to be, but I have a very long way to go.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

Intimidated in that... I'm terrified of everyone, thinking they are judging me or planning to knife me in the stomach? Why, yes.
Intimidated in that I believe that everyone else is better than me and I don't deserve to breathe the same air? Oh, yes.

 

[hidwell]

Intimidated in that... I'm terrified of everyone, thinking they are judging me or planning to knife me in the stomach? Why, yes.
Intimidated in that I believe that everyone else is better than me and I don't deserve to breathe the same air? Oh, yes.

Surely you don't really mean that ::

 

[O'Killian]

Generally if people are trying to intimidate me, my reaction is to become indignant and resist that (or just flat out ignore them, if I can). I don't like it one bit. I'm already ridiculously easy to coerce just by being nice, so I guess I just have a visceral reaction to it.

I am intimidated by people in authority, though, something fierce.

 

[dyingtolive]

i am intimidated by authority. If someone one up's me, i am wary to fight back because i feel that they have something up their sleeves. I.e. in this country, there is alot of filthy politicians, from the high up, to the low down, cops, gangs, anyone somehow i suspect of being a part of a bigger syndicate of crime.. So if i mess with them, i fear they can have their way with me, blackmail me, do anything they want, chop me up and feed me to the dogs.

I used to get paranoid about these kinds of things and so i do try to keep out of peoples' ways.

The exception is if i am angry from something that i have had enough of. Over the years, I have learned to become more angry in general about the injustices of people and less tolerant of them. I guess as a kid, with an angry father who traumatized me and scared the crap out of me, i never liked anger. Now, I can see how sometimes age does bring it. That there comes a point that you feel that you ain't taking any crap from anyone... And i've started to feel more of that.

Yes i am intimidated by people, people who have that have that thing about them that make them look like they are goons. That and women, of course.. Beautiful women especially.

 

[Lea]

Ridiculous question on a forum for social phobics right?

To be honest, I am more afraid of negative judgement and lack of acceptance - rejection hurts me more than anything else because it feels like that is all I have ever known - which is when I withdraw and feel depressed.

When it comes to bullying, discourteous behavior and intimidation - I can surprisingly stand up for myself - within reason... I am not stupid either.
I see intimidation for what it is - rather than what it is trying to be. I dont like it - I think there are better ways to get people to respect you. It just makes me feel angry and my emotions kick in - I am not one to be subservient to others if I feel its undeserved.

About so.. I don´t let myself being treated unfairly by anyone, no matter if they are in authority or not. For me the only measure is what is fair, not who has authority. Once my manager accused me of something I didn´t do, so I defended myself. She said: "You don´t speak to me like this, I am your manager." But I was only saying the truth. I don´t care if she´s a manager or whatever, she is not justified to **** on my head just because she´s in position.

 

[MrJones]

I feel intimidated sometimes because I feel inferior.

However, most of the times someone tries to intimidate me (unless I see high probability of death) I get the courage to defend myself and don't let them do what they want, so in those cases I don't get so easily intimidated.

 

[Leonie]

I am sometimes intimidated by people in positions of authority.....like in my workplace
However, I try not to let it happen these days as they are only human too!

 

[Gaucho]

im intimidated if i know some one is superior than me. for example i never dared to ask a professor a question, even out of class, not even a simple question. he is out of my league of intelligence and i don't want to embarrass myself.

another thing,intimidated of people I'm attracted to. why would i try to start a conversation with the knowledge of the fact that i have no chance or my try would bring me no where?.no point.

 

[JCVA]

im intimidated if i know some one is superior than me. for example i never dared to ask a professor a question, even out of class, not even a simple question. he is out of my league of intelligence and i don't want to embarrass myself.

another thing,intimidated of people I'm attracted to. why would i try to start a conversation with the knowledge of the fact that i have no chance or my try would bring me no where?.no point.

Wow you basically described me.

My bosses or any superiors, I barely squeak whenever they're around. Same goes for people who I am indebted to. I also get intimidated by women who I have fallen in love with.

 

[Kiwong]

I am intimidated to the point of avoidance not control.

 

[MikeyC]

im intimidated if i know some one is superior than me. for example i never dared to ask a professor a question, even out of class, not even a simple question. he is out of my league of intelligence and i don't want to embarrass myself.

another thing,intimidated of people I'm attracted to. why would i try to start a conversation with the knowledge of the fact that i have no chance or my try would bring me no where?.no point.

It's funny how we think this way.

Professors and attractive women have to put pants on one leg at a time just like the rest of us.

 

[bcsr]

I'm not intimidated by anyone, honestly. I won't allow anyone to treat me unfairly, it doesn't matter who they are. I've never had a problem standing up for myself, thankfully.

 

[YellowBird]

I'm not intimidated by anyone, honestly. I won't allow anyone to treat me unfairly, it doesn't matter who they are. I've never had a problem standing up for myself, thankfully.

i envy you::

 

[MikeyC]

I'm not intimidated by anyone, honestly. I won't allow anyone to treat me unfairly, it doesn't matter who they are. I've never had a problem standing up for myself, thankfully.

I wish I was this confident.

 

[Hellhound]

Yes, if I don't know them and they seem to be very social.

 

[9407]

I'll admit, I'm sort of intimidated by really tall people (6'5 and up).

 

[Kat]

I’m a pretty stubborn person so I’m not one to be pushed around but I’m fairly easy going so I’d rather avoid conflict.

I definitely don’t have the mindset I’m better than everyone I’m fairly gentle nature and I think most people can see that but if the situation escalates or becomes overbearing I can be a bit tactless in my approach when I deal with it.
People with a lot of charm, pretty outgoing and want my attention I think intimidate me the most.