i tend to do evasive maneuvers when pictures are about to be taken of me. i hate how I look in them so there'll never be a selfie. i also don't take pictures or record videos of things usually. when I see an animal like a fox, for example, I might record if I can, or a funny license plate or anything cool in nature or humorous. mostly though social media picture-taking of food and other basic stuff bores me. so i'd rather be in the moment and spectate. this also goes into how I won't be able to do online dating. i'd also find it cringe trying to take pictures of myself for the sake of being a ..read more

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I've never heard anyone else talk about this, I have some social anxiety, Im ok with going out in public and recently got used to talking to people. Its when I dont want to be around other people I feel uncomfortable with the feeling of being watched by pictures of people, I close my blinds, put a sticker on my phone camera, avoid browsing social media with people looking at the screen (but watching an activity is ok(e.g painting, cooking)) and even catching my own reflection on something. I feel tense and cant fully relax. I think its something about being percieved but it feels weird that i ..read more

Hii guys, i'm 22(M) suffering from severe social anxiety since last 3 years and still has some of it. When i first feel the panic attack when i was young in class full of students in my collage that day i knew there is something has wrong gone with me and i have to live with it since then i have focus my energy on find what has caused me this conditioned but now i know how i got here. From childhood i was raised in so much invalidating and gaslighted family that my emotions and feeling always discarded my parents because they want me to focus on fulfilling their needs and wishes and i became ..read more

I see here a lot of you saying that when you walk into a place where there are a lot of people, you feel that they are all looking at you in a negative and hostile way, but I think that this feeling and tension comes most often when we see people we know, because most of the time you are bullied by people You know them, so you stay. These feelings, anxiety, and tension exist within you, and you wish to stay away from everyone you know, because when no one knows you, they will not be able to judge you. I think that we, people with social anxiety, like to get to know friends and companions, but ..read more

I'm in a cafe right now, I came here to face my social anxiety but it makes me feel even worse. I am the only one sitting here alone. Some of the people around me are spending time with their friends, some with their girlfriends, having fun, and I'm sitting here writing this stupid article to vent. I feel like people around me are thinking to me "Why did he come here alone?", "It would be the same if he was sitting at home", I don't know, maybe they don't, but it really hurts. submitted by /u/GigabyteChadd [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm a 30 years old male and have suffered from social anxiety for as far as I can remember. My anxiety mainly shows up in the form of blushing, and the anticipation and fear of blushing. Throughout the years, I have challenged myself and continually faced the social situations I fear. It's difficult, but continued exposure to these situations has helped in decreasing my anxiety. But part of it is still there. It still shows up in social settings I'm not used to, in unexpected social situations, or in front of people I considerer more competent. Recently, I've started talking openly about my s ..read more

I am 32m and suffer from social anxiety. So far: I never have been in a relationship I am scared at work, I don't talk to colleagues too much I am pretty much alone all the time except for a few friends I see a couple of times a month Plus I got a failed hair transplant at age 25 and that was the biggest mistake of my life, as it enhanced my social anxiety instead of diminishing it. Now I have scars at the back of my head and I wear a hat in public very often. I don't feel like life is worth living like that. I am always reminded about how shy I am when I want to socialize. I have become af ..read more

A week ago I was at a busy bar and I met a girl and I feel like we hit it of well. Played some bar games and talked a lot. I was a bit drunk, which means I was quite talkative and social. Yesterday I got invited out again, but this time I was sober. I didn't expect to run into her, but She waved and came over to me. And I could just barely give one word answers to her questions, I just froze. I think this time all the noise and all the people were just overwhelming. And I could feel that she was surprised and disappointed in how different I was from last week. Of course I know she is just bei ..read more

i have one friend who’s pretty introverted. she doesn’t have major social anxiety (i think?), but she told me she gets quiet in group settings. she’s doing an internship and got offered a job there, which she accepted. she tries to be nice to her colleagues and thought they liked her. now she told me that a woman she was talking to earlier said to her mentor that she can't figure her out and that she keeps to herself too much. the other colleagues agreed. she was like, why do i need to share my whole life story with them? she’s just not comfortable with that. i get it. why do coworkers always ..read more