bguimaraes
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I'm not normal
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Shopaholicmama
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You are normal. Just like everyone else in the world, you have a fear of something. Haven't you ever met someone who feared something that you considered strange to fear? Your parents do not understand your fear because they do not have that fear...at least to the extent you do. The only way to get over your fears (manage them at least) is to expose yourself to them.
A good therapist can help you with it. Try going out to places that are not too crowded with your parents. Then work your way up to going to places that are more crowded. It is hard and it sucks, but it is 10 times easier to go with someone else than to go alone. You can do this!
A good therapist can help you with it. Try going out to places that are not too crowded with your parents. Then work your way up to going to places that are more crowded. It is hard and it sucks, but it is 10 times easier to go with someone else than to go alone. You can do this!
Earthcircle
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Your parents home schooled you, and now they complain that you are shy?
I do this every summer holidays. I can go a whole month without stepping outside haha and I don't mind it either but yes its not healthy mentally, you are getting comfortable that when you have to stop its going to be difficult. The thing is to try do its slowly getting out there one day per week and increase it slowly and find something you can do that you enjoy it will motivate you to getting out there 
But you are normal
But you are normal
ereuto2002
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hi its normal you feel like that being lonely at home doing some staff all days, confined inside this is not your fault because there some thing inside us which bothers us, and makes us so depressed and i really know it. Its the phobiaaaaaaaaa
Earthcircle
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I know some people who home school. I don't know your parents obviously, and it's dangerous to generalize. But I think that the people whom I know who do that are a bit crazy and they are hurting their kids.
FriendlyShadow
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I too feel this way when I'm stuck in my house most of the time. I've been home schooled ever since I was in 7th grade. Sure it's not that much fun, but at least it got me a chance to stay away from people at public schools who acted phony and bullied me. I'm worried that if I had friends and they asked me what do I do all day, they would judge me because I would say that I don't do much most of the time except go to my art class, play video games, going on the computer, ect. But yes, I have been called weird by a few people, my family even. I can't help but feel at times that I'm just a guy trapped in a girl's body.
fate12321
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Yep, same here, except I'm not home schooled. I really don't like to go out much either, even though some of my friends persuades me to go out and do stuff. I sometimes sat and wonder, "What am I going to do with my life?". I've never worked before, hell I just graduated form high school a few months ago and I'm currently in college but don't even know what I'm actually aiming for.
I had the same concerns too. I was very comfortable staying at home and being a hikikomori, but didn't feel like I was progressing in life. I thought I was wasting my life away, so I started getting the courage to go out more. It is scary out in the world, but the more I did it the less scary it became. Though, there are some scary bullies out there, but make sure to pick yourself up every time you fall.