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Forum: Club 30-81 3rd August 2022, 15:36
Replies: 6
Views: 1,974
Posted By AutumnLeaves
SA less 'excusable' in older people?

Hi everyone. As I head towards middle age, I don't feel much has changed with me, SA-wise. I know more about current affairs and popular culture, so can make better small talk sometimes when my...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 25th November 2021, 22:43
Replies: 6
Views: 1,634
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Feeling desperate

Hi Mick, I'm sorry you are experiencing this :hug2: I would imagine it can be hard to have SA as a man in a male-dominated environment, where gendered expectations are still pretty traditional. And...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 25th November 2021, 22:09
Replies: 100
Views: 105,342
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: SA-friendly jobs

Anyone got other suggestions? I used to use cleaning as a fall back, but my physical health ain't quite what it used to be and I've had to accept it's not a realistic option for me anymore. I went...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 25th November 2021, 21:51
Replies: 23
Views: 2,283
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: No one cares about your issues. What are your thoughts of this sentence?

I often care about what someone has said but feel inadequate to offer a helpful response. So I agonise over how to reply, then I feel bad that I took so long, then I chicken out altogether. Then I...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 25th November 2021, 21:42
Replies: 22
Views: 12,545
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Looking for helpers for a new Social Anxiety Charity

Fantastic idea, good on you! Don't think it's on your list, but despite my anxiety, I am not bad at doing qualitative research to hear people's views and experiences, and delivering them to an...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 28th May 2021, 23:17
Replies: 5
Views: 2,309
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Leaving my new job - Advise?

Hi Jam, If you don't think any adjustments could be made that would genuinely help you do the job without triggering your OCD, I would work the minimum notice you can. Your health is more important...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 28th May 2021, 23:03
Replies: 30
Views: 4,663
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Does anxiety sometimes make you feel like less of an adult?

God, yes. And to make matters worse, people always act so surprised when they find out how old I am. They always tell me they thought I was younger, or 'like, 18 or something'. Thanks for clarifying...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 20th December 2019, 22:19
Replies: 21
Views: 2,302
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Major life achievement (PhD) - hardly any Facebook likes

Fantastic achievement. Well done, Doctor! :dancing_b

In my own experience doing a research masters, I found that compliments tended to come with requests for advice on how they could get 'A' s in...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 15th November 2018, 00:44
Replies: 3
Views: 1,693
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Social anxiety news & articles

Great idea for a thread. I haven't come across anything about SA in the mainstream media for a while, so would love to hear of any recent SA related news.
Forum: The Lounge 15th November 2018, 00:30
Replies: 27,062
Views: 2,029,468
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: How is everyone feeling? (31)

Spending another night lying awake worrying. I'm doing a job helping people with their benefit forms, but the work is piling up and I'm feeling overwhelmed and my clients are getting understandably...
Forum: The Lounge 19th June 2018, 19:45
Replies: 2
Views: 985
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: 'Introverts don't make friends, they get adopted by extroverts'

It sounds plausible, but it hasn't really been my personal experience. One of my good friends did sort of make the first moves and she is much gigglier and friendlier than me, though she only likes...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 5th June 2018, 21:26
Replies: 8
Views: 2,121
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Long SA members

LOL :d. I never even thought about it like that until you pointed it out. Tut-tut :tongue1:
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 5th June 2018, 21:17
Replies: 8
Views: 2,121
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Long SA members

Well, anxiety is really holding me back career-wise, and I have been a bit bogged down with it all. But apart from that, I can't complain. And it's great to have this forum to come back to. Thanks...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 5th June 2018, 16:50
Replies: 8
Views: 2,121
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Long SA members

I just came back on the forum yesterday after quite a big gap. 2010 joined.
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 5th June 2018, 16:47
Replies: 3
Views: 2,217
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Hello Again

Good to hear from you again too GFT fan:wave:

I am glad you do not think that I let you down. And that is wise words from your sister. It is something I have to remind myself of regularly, as a...
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 4th June 2018, 20:14
Replies: 3
Views: 2,217
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Hello Again

Thank you Vasco, good to hear from you too :wave:

Yes that's true. I see people getting by like that too, though I find it hard not to see myself as special and making an especially bad job of...
Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room 4th June 2018, 12:36
Replies: 3
Views: 2,217
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Hello Again

Hello everyone. I disappeared from the forum for a while. The last time I was active on here, I was doing my Masters on social anxiety from a sociological perspective. I wanted to show how...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 6th September 2016, 17:17
Replies: 11
Views: 2,075
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Making others uncomfortable due to my anxiety?

Try reading the chapter, 'On Face Work' in Interaction Ritual: Essays in Face to Face Behaviour, by Erving Goffman. It's a very good explanation of how the signals people give off through body...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 6th September 2016, 10:27
Replies: 5
Views: 1,678
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Relative is too anxious to appear as witness in court

Thanks very much for these recommendations Neil and Liono. My mum said that the doctor phoned her back and said that she believed my mum to be 'capable of giving evidence' but that she would ask the...
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 5th September 2016, 15:56
Replies: 5
Views: 1,678
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Relative is too anxious to appear as witness in court

Hi Sotcon, many thanks for your reply :-) Hm, that is what I was wondering :-/

But yes, I am still keeping on keeping on myself, and I hope things are going well with you too :-)
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 5th September 2016, 15:40
Replies: 5
Views: 1,678
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Relative is too anxious to appear as witness in court

Hello everyone :-) Would love some advice on this.

So my mother has various inter-related health conditions. She has had bad OCD and depression in the past, she has had SA all her life, and I'm...
Forum: The Lounge 31st August 2016, 09:56
Replies: 27,062
Views: 2,029,468
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: How is everyone feeling? (31)

I'm glad to hear that the clouds are parting :smile2: Long may it continue :thumbpur:
Forum: The Social Anxiety Room 31st August 2016, 09:49
Replies: 2
Views: 1,728
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: Flexible working

I'm sorry you are in this situation sillypenguin :-( I think it was very brave of you to ask for this. Near the start of the year, I had to go and see the big boss to say that I wasn't coping with...
Forum: Room with a View 23rd August 2016, 12:47
Replies: 5,152
Views: 718,707
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: What I did today - for small achievements and cheers

Wow, I just asked some people to be quiet in the library because I'm trying to transcribe some interviews! I've been trying to do that sort of thing since like, 2001! They said sorry and lowered...
Forum: The Lounge 22nd August 2016, 10:44
Replies: 27,062
Views: 2,029,468
Posted By AutumnLeaves
Re: How is everyone feeling? (31)

Feeling pretty anxious. It's stupid, but my partner's son lives with his mum. They have quite a volatile relationship, and it got a bit out of hand on Friday, and the son kicked the wall and broke...
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