onecellinthesea
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Thanks everybody for your input. I am in uni and have stuck it out this time (I tried two other courses and left after a couple of months) and I'm nearly done. There are only 8 of us on my year course and they are all fantastic people.
I am less anxious, I am less nervous and less shy due to SA getting better but I still cannot become close with anyone. part of the reason is that I'm not very good at physical contact with others. I try to be aware of my body language but I must give off the 'feeling' that I'm not comfortable with anyone being near me and I think it makes people a bit wary.
My strategies (pretending to be open and comfortable and trying to say the things that I think I should when I wouldn't naturally) are not working.
I don't think I need medication, I need to get to the root cause with counselling and more CBT, specifically for trust issues and fear of rejection.
Is this how you feel awkwardamanda, Barrier & lurknomore? Or is there something else holding you back?
I am less anxious, I am less nervous and less shy due to SA getting better but I still cannot become close with anyone. part of the reason is that I'm not very good at physical contact with others. I try to be aware of my body language but I must give off the 'feeling' that I'm not comfortable with anyone being near me and I think it makes people a bit wary.
My strategies (pretending to be open and comfortable and trying to say the things that I think I should when I wouldn't naturally) are not working.
I don't think I need medication, I need to get to the root cause with counselling and more CBT, specifically for trust issues and fear of rejection.
Is this how you feel awkwardamanda, Barrier & lurknomore? Or is there something else holding you back?