This is kind of strange but...

[0dd1]

when ever I'm around people who i'm really comfortable with, I'm not shy or anything. And when i go places with them, I barely have any anxiety! It's like the people who make me comfortable take my anxiety away! It's just me and my dad living in an apartment right now and I barely talk to him. But once I invite my sisters over, I'm like so hyper around them! Or when I'm with my mom I'm totally quiet.

When ever I shop with my sisters or friends I feel better. I even act like a jackass! But if I ever shop alone, I get all paranoid, scared, and quiet.

I wonder why when I'm around these people, my anxiety goes down?

 

[lyricalliaisons]

I think it's common for people to feel less anxious (or not anxious at all) when around certain people. I know for me it's easier for me to do things when I have my vocational specialist or my mom with me than it is when I do them alone.

 

[Why]

same as me, when im with my true friends im more sociable, brave and outgoing

 

[Locked Away]

I find the same thing. If I goto the shops with family/friends (when i had friends) I feel much less anixous about other people watching me.

When I lived at home I used to take my little brother (4 yrs old) with me. That helped a lot and made it more fun.

 

[chained]

when u are alone with a person the whole conversation depends on u and him, u obviously thin i t depends on u, an d when u have more ppl around u don't think it all depends on u.. so u get more liberty and start blabing

 

[recluse]

Because the people you are comfortable with distract you and you don't feel you need to prove yourself to them.

 

[Squishy]

I'm the same, when I go out with my close friends I can be myself, but when I'm out with a group of people I'm not close with I stay quiet and let everyone else do the talking etc. I think it's because you feel comfortable around them so can act how you want with out thinking they're going to judge you.

 

[Brokenx]

I'm the same, when i'm with close friends i feel fine most of the time.

 

[userremoved]

I think it's because you feel comfortable around them so can act how you want with out thinking they're going to judge you.

Yeah fear of rejection seems to be something we all share here. Once you find people you know that will accept you for everything that you are it makes sense that you would open up to them. I'm like this around my immediate family.