Positive side of Social Phobia

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goldenholds

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I think my social phobia is just a side effect of being a caring and sensitive person. Because of my nature I was seen as vulnerable to some in the world and was sometimes treated in a way that caused me to perceive the world in the wrong way and also be afraid of it in some cases. As I get older and wiser I have learned how to protect myself better, and I am reverting my perceptions of the world back to a healthy state. But still I am caring and sensitive. This is not necessarily a positive for social phobia, but being caring and sensitive is a very positive thing in my opinion and I would not trade it for anything. I have come to accept my failings socially as a kind of price I have to pay to be who I am. And I would gladly endure my SP a hundred times over before I would accept to be anyone else.

One specific positive is it allows me to recognize and understand other sensitive people, even if they try to hide it (see comment above about why they would hide it), which has brought me enough joy that I don't even mind anymore that I get scared sometimes. My happiness is my own now, and there is no happiness vulture (as I call them) out there that can pry even a little piece of it from me. I dare em to even try.
 
alex7

alex7

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the positives of SA are severely outnumbered by the negatives of SA..so much so that they arent even worth bringing up. It's like bringing up the positives of being homeless. Sure u can come up with a couple points but what does it matter in the big picture?
 
Mercedes

Mercedes

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I find that I have to accept who I am, otherwise I will only be a bitter person and with that my life wouldn't even be worth living, so why bother? It's very much worth looking and even dwelling on the positives and building on those. I won't ever be that other sort of person who doesn't suffer from social phobia and anxiety but I don't have to hate, loathe and beat myself up about it or tell myself I'm not good enough or the rest of the world are better off than I am. That would only be self pity. I have my bad days, on a daily basis :), but I have to keep positive or I'm a goner.
 
FountainandFairfax

FountainandFairfax

in a VAN down by the RIVER
Since I don't go out much during the day, the fact that I've had a fraction of the sun exposure most people my age have had means I look young.

Also, I'm grateful that I didn't get married young to the wrong person and end-up getting divorced like a lot of normals do. I guess maybe SA might have protected me from that.
 
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xxaimsxx

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Wow thats another way to look at things isnt it?
Sometimes i beat myself up for not trusting people but then again atleast it means i wont ever get scammed in life.
I cant think of anything else really at the moment. :)
 
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this_portrait

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There's not a whole lot of positive aspects about SA for me, really. The only positive thing SA has done for me (that I can think of) is made me stray from a lot of unhealthy lifestyles that so many people my age are involved in. Other than that, SA has only had a negative impact on my life.
 
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