Social Anxiety Support

arrow77 · 02-12-2009, 07:40 AM

I always feel this when I hang out or am in the company of others. It makes me feel like I am putting the pressure on them to carry the conversation. A lot of times this make me feel awkward and in my mind I feel like a burden to everybody I come into contact with, which is why I try to ignore making contacts. Does anybody else have this problem and how do you deal with it?

I was doing a lot of thinking last night about where I am heading in life and it has been making me feel more anxious/depressed than normal

Canadian Brotha · 02-12-2009, 01:40 PM

I also feel like this very much, like I'm placing the burden on them to entertain or I'm bringing them down with my anxiety/depression. I'm not sure about a solution though, I've developed a bad habit of avoidance because of it.

Irsen · 02-12-2009, 04:48 PM

yeah I feel this way too. I usually leave

02-12-2009, 07:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
arrow77 Status: Null Join Date: Nov 2007 Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 84	Feeling like a Burden to Others I always feel this when I hang out or am in the company of others. It makes me feel like I am putting the pressure on them to carry the conversation. A lot of times this make me feel awkward and in my mind I feel like a burden to everybody I come into contact with, which is why I try to ignore making contacts. Does anybody else have this problem and how do you deal with it? I was doing a lot of thinking last night about where I am heading in life and it has been making me feel more anxious/depressed than normal

02-12-2009, 01:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Canadian Brotha Status: Skittish-Disorient-Aloof Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Canada Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 2,630	I also feel like this very much, like I'm placing the burden on them to entertain or I'm bringing them down with my anxiety/depression. I'm not sure about a solution though, I've developed a bad habit of avoidance because of it. __________________ My Internet Selections: My Videos - My Poetry - My Music Unrest By Canadian Brotha © 2010 Loss Of Youth Through Depressive Stagnation Stunt Of Growth Through Intellectual Isolation I’ve Found Spiritual Awakenings, In The Heart Of Sonic Rhythms... But To Find Spiritual Awakenings, In The Heart of Humanism... That’s The Quest A Truth All Profess Outside Of Which, There Lies Only... ...Unrest...

02-12-2009, 04:48 PM	#3 (permalink)
Irsen Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Rhode Island Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 54	yeah I feel this way too. I usually leave __________________ Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale = 107

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