Social situation you fear the most (Reworked)

[Dj SL]

Hi there;

Select one social situation that triggers you more anxiety.
The social situation you fear the most.

Sergio

 

[LazyHermitCrab]

Walking to work and seeing masses of people walk around and knowing hours of this anxious feeling are ahead and wondering if something out of the ordinary will occur.... fun

 

[Niteowl]

Crowded places are veerry scary. That's my #1.

 

[Dj SL]

Crowded places are veerry scary. That's my #1.

They are scary; my mind goes blank when I'm around of a bunch of people...
For me expressing my feelings is very hard for me

 

[DevC]

Asking someone out on a date is something that is just completly impossible for me to do ::

 

[Dj SL]

Asking someone out on a date is something that is just completly impossible for me to do ::

I know how you feel; I feel you

 

[*Amy*]

Do I have to choose only one?

 

[Dj SL]

Do I have to choose only one?

Unfortunately, to avoid multiple choices... I think is ok one vote instead of selecting everything

 

[*Amy*]

I voted for "asking for a date" because I guess that's a thing I would never ever dare to do. But I could also vote for "talking to authority figures", "being with the opposite sex" or "parties". Well, at least, I can say I have survived in the latest three::

 

[DevC]

I voted for "asking for a date" because I guess that's a thing I would never ever dare to do. But I could also vote for "talking to authority figures", "being with the opposite sex" or "parties". Well, at least, I can say I have survived in the latest three::

Same, I could vote for all, because they all bring varying degrees of anxiety, but they are something I can somewhat handle/pull thru, but the date thing is something that I cant handle.

 

[The Lost]

For me being centre of attention. Most of those situtions I avoid because of the attention. Being with the opposite sex is a close second though. Hard to vote for just one.

 

[Moa]

For me it's meeting new people. So I chose "parties" on the list because that's usually what makes parties so awful. I've never been to a party where I already knew everyone there.

Edit: I guess I could have also chosen "being with a group of strangers" because that's pretty much the same thing. Oops!

 

[razzle dazzle rose]

It was hard picking just one. I was gonna choose "interviews" but went with "saying something stupid" 'cause that encompasses everything for me. I have a problem asking for help/asking questions. And a lot of times I do need help, have questions...I just don't want to bother people or be thought of as stupid. This has an isolating effect. I am slowly trying to reach out. Giving myself permission to not know everything, to be weak even. I am not perfect and that is okay.

 

[lauralaurent]

a lot of these are hard..but giving a speech definitely wins... my biggest fear.

 

[Pacific_Loner]

Well that was hard to answer, I voted "being the center of attention" but it could have been giving a speech, sex/nudity or expressing your feelings, as well as having my phone ringing at work. But I think being the center of attention is the worst because it's the harder to escape.

 

[anxiety1408]

Asking a date is something like OMG I don't think I can do, and that was going to be my choice. then further down I read giving a speech, and the anxiety that produces is simply deadly.

 

[Dj SL]

I know that all these situations triggers yall anxiety (fear), and yall want to choose 3 or more but It has to be one that you fear more. A social situation you really fear that is above all others. So yall can think which one of these situations is the worse for yall.

For me giving a speech was the worse but I gave around 8 speeches this semester in school. As a result, it's not my worse social situation anymore. It's difficult for me expressing my feelings to my family and friends. That's why I chose expressing my feelings.

 

[this_portrait]

Asking for a date, hands down. I don't think anything else on that list tops the amount of anxiety I get from asking a guy I like out, or even trying to talk to a guy I like in general. It's quite possibly the most anxiety-provoking situation ever for me.

 

[lurknomore]

This was kind of hard, because I've never actually experienced some of these (like parties, asking for a date, meeting a date's parents, etc.). In fact, for most of the "passive" things (being with the opposite sex, crowded places, group of strangers) I survive with little anxiety because I just literally disengage myself from the situation and it's like I'm not even there (also with my last sex/nudity experience as well). The "active" ones (like talking to an authority figure and giving a speech) I get through because I can have a "script" of sorts (easiest with the speech, of course). I don't have a group of friends and try not to ever draw attention to myself (good or bad), and I avoid new anything like the plague. I voted expressing my feelings- because I feel like not only am I not able to express them, I barely have any emotions to express, like I'm underdeveloped or something in that respect.

 

[DeadmanWalking]

It's a close (and I mean close) tie between "asking for a date" and "expressing your feelings", but the latter wins out. I could never tell anyone that I love/like them! I don't even tell my parents that williingly; I'm coerced, more or less, into doing it (yes, it's kinda sad, but I show love, I don't speak love)! I could never tell some female that I'm just getting to know that I have those kinds of feelings for them (which is one of the many reasons I've never been in a relationship:! Although, in general, doing anything where there are females involved makes my anxiety levels skyrocket.