If you met an SA person, will you be less anxious?

[hoddesdon]

If I meet someone who I know for certain has SA, then I am definitely less anxious because I know that any silences or awkward pauses on my part won't be seen as weird. Because of that, the pressure to be "social" becomes less, and I will tend to be myself and at ease far more quickly than I would ordinarily.

That shows that the usual situation is another vicious circle - pressure produces the opposite effect of what the other person wants.

 

[bitingthepea]

i always like meeting another quiet/shy person because i try to be the more confident one and it makes me feel good, but then makes me feel bad because i feel happier if there more socially awkward than me.

 

[popolala]

i always like meeting another quiet/shy person because i try to be the more confident one and it makes me feel good, but then makes me feel bad because i feel happier if there more socially awkward than me.

I know what you mean.. it can be a confident booster to know if we not that bad.. i actually feel better when this girl at my workplace is there, because im always having lunch alone and so does she.. i dont have friends at work! ::