Social Anxiety Support

dontcare · 01-07-2009, 07:23 PM

Does anyone else pace? I can't seem to control myself. I don't notice I'm doing it, it's a total habit. I realize it looks ridiculous. I don't normally do it in public but sometimes if I'm standing I'll suddenly go, oooooooooops. My parents have told me it looks really bad, people have commented about it but I just seem to have this energy, and I guess this is how I get rid of it ...

I think I've been doing this all my life. One of my earliest memories is of pacing around the hallway of the house I grew up in.

But if I'm to be properly socialized, I really must break this habit. Maybe if I exercised more.

NoMarriageHole · 01-07-2009, 07:27 PM

Yeah. I'm usually all hopped up on caffeine and have to be doing SOMETHING even if I have nothing to do. It can be a nervous habit too.

sanspants08 · 01-07-2009, 07:57 PM

Yeah. It beats playing with scissors. If I get a decent workout I won't pace, however, so you're onto something with the exercise bit.

shyvr6 · 01-07-2009, 09:56 PM

I'll do other nervous habits.

jab_au · 01-07-2009, 11:59 PM

OMG I do that two. If i'm having anxiety or if I get deep in thought I tend to pace.

confused417 · 01-26-2009, 07:38 PM

i tend to pace when i'm on the phone. thats when its the most uncontrolable for me... i would pace when i meet new people, but i try as hard as i can to stand in place...

Mc Borg · 01-26-2009, 07:48 PM

Yeah, I do it all the time when anxious. It is hard to control. Moving my legs/tapping my feet on the floor is another thing I do a lot.

01-07-2009, 07:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
dontcare Status: Permanently Banned Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2,306	Pacing Does anyone else pace? I can't seem to control myself. I don't notice I'm doing it, it's a total habit. I realize it looks ridiculous. I don't normally do it in public but sometimes if I'm standing I'll suddenly go, oooooooooops. My parents have told me it looks really bad, people have commented about it but I just seem to have this energy, and I guess this is how I get rid of it ... I think I've been doing this all my life. One of my earliest memories is of pacing around the hallway of the house I grew up in. But if I'm to be properly socialized, I really must break this habit. Maybe if I exercised more.

01-07-2009, 07:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
NoMarriageHole Status: Stewed, Screwed, Tattoo'd Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 241	Yeah. I'm usually all hopped up on caffeine and have to be doing SOMETHING even if I have nothing to do. It can be a nervous habit too. __________________ Shut yo mouf, nucca. I will knock yo teef out.

01-07-2009, 09:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
shyvr6 Status: Makin Waves Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Somewhere on a map. Posts: 8,710	I'll do other nervous habits. __________________ Music

01-07-2009, 11:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
jab_au Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New South Wales, Australia Age: 28 Posts: 136	OMG I do that two. If i'm having anxiety or if I get deep in thought I tend to pace. __________________ Web White Noise

01-26-2009, 07:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
confused417 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: missouri Age: 17 Posts: 43	i tend to pace when i'm on the phone. thats when its the most uncontrolable for me... i would pace when i meet new people, but i try as hard as i can to stand in place... __________________ It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.

01-07-2009, 07:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
sanspants08 Status: has cookies :) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: York, PA/Gettysburg, PA Posts: 736	Yeah. It beats playing with scissors. If I get a decent workout I won't pace, however, so you're onto something with the exercise bit.

01-26-2009, 07:48 PM	#7 (permalink)
Mc Borg Status: Anxioustastic Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: New Mexico Age: 19 Posts: 5,439	Yeah, I do it all the time when anxious. It is hard to control. Moving my legs/tapping my feet on the floor is another thing I do a lot.