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Hi, I'm new here. I’m 17, haven't looked around much on the forums but I'm guessing you're a lot like me here. Ill just post about myself just because that’s safe to do here. Write a reply on what we have in common to help me be more comfortable about myself.

-My hear beats rapidly and it sometimes seems like it skips a beat or beats once very hard.

-My jaw quivers when I do public speaking but I still volunteer to go first just to get it over with and look brave.

- I become very aware of my breathing around people

- Think up situations and what you'd do

- Think of the attention you'd get from a parents death, then cry thinking of how awful it would be in a parent actually died.

-When I speak to people I say what I can to end the conversation even if it don't really mind the person.

- Making calls to family and friends just to say hi is an ordeal, not just a phone call.

- I crave isolation

- I crave attention, someone must always be thinking about me

- I don't want to reveal everything about myself, but if i see someone else taking credit for or impressing other people with one my talents or something i have hidden I get insanely jealous.

- I love my former teachers but I don’t go visit them, even though I want to

- i try to do everything at once but just get overwhelmed and quit them all. Currently Guitar, harmonica, calligraphy, origami, books, writing.

- I will go out of my away (all the way around the school) to avoid eye contact with someone.

- Im known as the sweetest girl but I know I'd surprise people with my personality if they knew me.

- I think about what my teachers think of me too much.

- I don't want to be associated with most of my friends because I secretly have a high opinion of myself.

- I know who I am, and I know who I can't help to be.

- I'm attractive but push guys away.

- I have to face reactions all the time. I meant I have to FAKE reactions.

- Have entertained the thought of suicide for attention. But would rather not leave the world.

- Have dreamt up the perfect guy and play out a storyline through imagination.

- Crowds drain me and I need time alone afterwards, sometimes days if I've stayed the night at a friends house.

- It seems like a haze when I talk to people.

- Question sanity

- Hate it when someone has an epiphany out loud and they seem stupid.

- cant stand when people get picked on and have to stop it no matter how many stares you get or else ill get a lump in my throat.

- I live like a politician who has to take a lie detector test someday over everything I’ve ever done.

- Everyone, everywhere, is always watching me.

- I always check the time I go to sleep and wake up to know whether I got 8 or 9 hours of sleep.

- I don’t lie.

- I don’t like to label everything.

- I miss opportunities by being totally honest instead of saying what would win the gold.
 

Neph

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woot awesome point form

but yeah i have similar thoughts like yours from that list
 

Andrew

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-My hear beats rapidly and it sometimes seems like it skips a beat or beats once very hard.
My heart beats rapidly when I am anxious.

-My jaw quivers when I do public speaking but I still volunteer to go first just to get it over with and look brave.
I don't have any problem with public speaking now, but previously I would fail the task rather than do it. I just wouldn't turn up or would say I didn't bother to prepare anything.

- I become very aware of my breathing around people
Nope, although I used to feel like I was out of breath and couldn't get words out.

- Think up situations and what you'd do
I used to dream a lot about how I would be in situations if I wasn't nervous.

- Think of the attention you'd get from a parents death, then cry thinking of how awful it would be in a parent actually died.
I have thought about it before.

-When I speak to people I say what I can to end the conversation even if it don't really mind the person.
I used to do this when I had severe SA.

- Making calls to family and friends just to say hi is an ordeal, not just a phone call.
I used to be like when I had severe SA.

- I crave isolation
Sometimes.

- I crave attention, someone must always be thinking about me
No, never. I think that is a girl thing.

- I don't want to reveal everything about myself, but if i see someone else taking credit for or impressing other people with one my talents or something i have hidden I get insanely jealous.
I used to feel like this when I was around your age. I didn't what people to think other people were good when they weren't, just as I was desperate for people to see the 'real' me.

- I love my former teachers but I don’t go visit them, even though I want to
Nope.

- i try to do everything at once but just get overwhelmed and quit them all. Currently Guitar, harmonica, calligraphy, origami, books, writing.
Nope, I do things thoroughly and finish them.

- I will go out of my away (all the way around the school) to avoid eye contact with someone.
I used to do this when I had severe SA.

- Im known as the sweetest girl but I know I'd surprise people with my personality if they knew me.
I think I know what you mean. People confuse the way you act because of your anxiety problems with being nice and sweet?

- I think about what my teachers think of me too much.
I used to play soccer and was very concerned with impressing the coach.

- I don't want to be associated with most of my friends because I secretly have a high opinion of myself.
I think many of us choose to be friends with the 'easy' people who are often social outcastes in some form and we do not consider ourselves to be as 'low' as them.

- I know who I am, and I know who I can't help to be.
We are just observers of ourselves.

- I'm attractive but push guys away.
I push everything good away.

- I have to face reactions all the time.
?

- Have entertained the thought of suicide for attention. But would rather not leave the world.
Nope.

- Have dreamt up the perfect guy and play out a storyline through imagination.
Nope :)

- Crowds drain me and I need time alone afterwards, sometimes days if I've stayed the night at a friends house.
Yeah I need my own space the days after I have been out. I like to be alone at those times, but if it goes on too long it becomes loneliness.

- It seems like a haze when I talk to people.
Used to be like that.....

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- Question sanity
Occassionally, not often.

- Hate it when someone has an epiphany out loud and they seem stupid.
No idea what you are talking about.

- cant stand when people get picked on and have to stop it no matter how many stares you get or else ill get a lump in my throat.
I don't see many people get picked on.

- I live like a politician who has to take a lie detector test someday over everything I’ve ever done.
No

- Everyone, everywhere, is always watching me.
Common symptom of SA, most of us have it. I feel like there is something different about me, like I am some kind unique thing that they have never seen before.

- I always check the time I go to sleep and wake up to know whether I got 8 or 9 hours of sleep.
Yup I do this :)

- I don’t lie.
bullshit.

- I don’t like to label everything.
Labels are usually an inaccurate description of a phenomenon.

- I miss opportunities by being totally honest instead of saying what would win the gold.
Nope.
 
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