Does anyone ever feel comfortable and get on with certain people but with others are just struck dumb with social anxiety?
I'm like that and I've noticed a pattern. The people I tend to be more open and chat more with are usually the people who kinda dress low maintenance - they also stand out more because of this- less intellectual/articulate in the way they speak - I wouldn't say less social because some of them definitely socialize a lot, so it doesn't really make much sense? For some reason I feel less intimidated by them and as a result tend to talk more and about myself more too.
But more 'intelligently spoken' people, those that have usually had a bit more education, I clam up and I'm so afraid of how I come across to them that I don't say much of anything. I think I come off as a really private person. Which is weird because I've had higher education myself.
It's strange, it's like I'm 2 completely different persons depending on who I'm with. Most of the time I'm super socially anxious though, it's only with a select few of the first description that I can feel more at ease.
Does anyone get like this too or have any idea why this might be?
I'm like that and I've noticed a pattern. The people I tend to be more open and chat more with are usually the people who kinda dress low maintenance - they also stand out more because of this- less intellectual/articulate in the way they speak - I wouldn't say less social because some of them definitely socialize a lot, so it doesn't really make much sense? For some reason I feel less intimidated by them and as a result tend to talk more and about myself more too.
But more 'intelligently spoken' people, those that have usually had a bit more education, I clam up and I'm so afraid of how I come across to them that I don't say much of anything. I think I come off as a really private person. Which is weird because I've had higher education myself.
It's strange, it's like I'm 2 completely different persons depending on who I'm with. Most of the time I'm super socially anxious though, it's only with a select few of the first description that I can feel more at ease.
Does anyone get like this too or have any idea why this might be?
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