Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th November 2019, 21:38
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,950
Re: Were you described as shy as a child?
Yeh, I was always told "you're very shy", and the way people said it, as if it was a bad thing, has stuck with me, and I now view shyness as something you 'shouldn't be'.
In my later years,...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
18th November 2019, 21:29
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,107
Comfort Eating
Do you comfort eat to avoid 'negative' feelings?
I often resort to stuffing my face when I'm feeling uncomfortable feelings of sorrow or self-pity or anger or........ (etc.)
Why do I need to...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
6th November 2019, 22:03
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,116
Re: Chatting to a stranger
Well done, anewyear, for engaging in conversation with a stranger. :thumbpur:
I love encounters like that - unexpected and refreshing.
(Paul O'Grady = Lily Savage)
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Forum: The Lounge
6th November 2019, 21:52
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Replies: 27,081
Views: 2,075,856
Re: How is everyone feeling? (31)
3Stacks, Percy, Rocket Spud,
Sorry to hear you're feeling low.
Me too. Been low for a couple of weeks - I blame it on the change of clocks/ season. Winter blues perhaps.........
Look after...
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Forum: The Lounge
20th August 2019, 21:04
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,532
Re: What sort of people
Sometimes if I message a friend and don't hear back from them after weeks or months, I think maybe they don't want me around any more... and I don't want to be clingy, so I cut them out of my life.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
20th August 2019, 21:00
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,017
Re: Anxious at home
Thanks for your replies.
Yes, it does seem 'easier' to avoid people sometimes, even though it causes ourselves so much anguish over it.
I didn't mix with people in my Uni Halls of Res. either -...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
18th August 2019, 21:46
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,759
Assertiveness
... or rather, lack of.
Why is it so hard to simply ask for or state what I want?
Do I fear rejection? / judgement?
Am I trying to 'please' others? / not be a 'nuisance'?
Even with family...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th August 2019, 21:37
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,017
Anxious at home
I live with a live-in landlord, and even though he's a nice guy, and also rather shy, I feel so nervous when he's around.
I avoid going into the kitchen when he's in there and hate going past the...
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Forum: The Lounge
18th August 2019, 21:29
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,532
Re: What sort of people
Sometimes I've removed people and then regretted it - and I can't really say please re-add me (e.g. on social media)!
Other times I feel glad that I've severed ties with people as I've realised I...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th August 2019, 21:01
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Replies: 6
Views: 983
Re: Still scared and needy.. how to help them?
When I'm anxious I feel small and 'not like an adult', which I guess is similar to what you're saying.
I don't know what age I'd assign to my anxious self, but it may be interesting to go back...
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Forum: The Lounge
18th August 2019, 20:54
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,532
Re: What sort of people
Sometimes I'd like to have more friends... other times I just wanna cut myself off from everyone.
Sometimes I wanna make connections... other times I remove people from my contacts.
I find it...
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Forum: Club 30-81
6th August 2019, 19:57
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Replies: 41
Views: 11,376
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
5th August 2019, 22:15
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,736
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Forum: Club 30-81
5th August 2019, 22:12
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Replies: 41
Views: 11,376
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Forum: Club 30-81
5th August 2019, 22:10
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Replies: 41
Views: 11,376
Re: SA and Learning Self Defence/Martial Arts
It's great that you're trying different MAs, mutedsoul.
Keep at it as long as you're enjoying it (that's the main thing!) and that it's helping you towards your goals.
And if you meet a cute girl,...
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Forum: Club 30-81
5th August 2019, 21:57
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,465
Re: Struggling with overeating
newbs16, if you're overeating btwn 5-9pm, are you getting enough to drink during the day? I don't think I drink enough water, and I tend to snack late in the evening.
I used to reach for sugary...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
24th March 2019, 20:24
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,231
Re: Avoiding..
I've been avoiding things recently, and I know that I'm doing it and it only makes my anxiety worse, but sometimes it's hard to find the courage to face things.
I like your phrase "stress...
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Forum: The Lounge
21st July 2017, 19:52
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,922
Re: RIP Chester Bennington.
I love Linkin Park's music.
The lyrics in their album 'One More Light' seem really poignant now; he must've been feeling low for quite a while... RIP Chester.
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Forum: The Lounge
20th July 2017, 23:54
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,240
Insomniacs unite
This is the third time this week I've not been able to sleep.
I keep thinking I'm hungry, but I know I'm not.
I lay in bed, my mind whirring with pointless activity, mulling over the day, or...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
20th July 2017, 23:48
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,521
Re: Conversation
Verbal communication is the biggest struggle for me.
Coz of getting tongue-tied, blushing, feeling put on the spot or the centre of attention, revealing info about myself...
I often give short...
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Forum: The Lounge
20th July 2017, 23:33
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Replies: 11,161
Views: 861,725
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
15th July 2017, 23:20
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Replies: 42
Views: 4,013
Re: Do you like human beings?
As a few ppl have said, animals are better/ nicer.
Especially as animals aren't destroying the planet, or fighting each other for no reason, etc.
I laughed out loud when watching Frozen & the...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
14th July 2017, 19:59
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,169
Re: Engaging with people on a course
Thanks guys! that's all good advice.:thumbsup:
I shall persevere, not worry what others may think, and be mindful of all the positive things I could gain.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
12th July 2017, 18:27
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,169
Engaging with people on a course
- or rather, lack of engaging!
I've just started a course (to learn more about NLP - the study of how we perceive the world and react to it, and skills to change our behaviour, etc)
And it's a...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
8th September 2016, 07:37
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Replies: 10
Views: 2,256
Re: Paranoia... hidden camera worries
Thanks guys.
Landlord did say it was coz he'd seen the drums out (before I'd put them away), but just hadn't mentioned it before. Plus when he helped me move in (even tho it was 2 years ago), he...
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