Social Anxiety Support

sarah22 · 10-26-2009, 12:23 PM

How many people do you interact with on a typical day?
Ive been noticing recently how pathetically few people i talk to in a day...
at this point i only talk to one guy and its always about school or the assignment were working on. I just cant open up to people. Even if i do talk to them, its always just about assignments and it goes nowhere.
How do you have a good conversation with people? and how do you become friends with them? i know some people and we just make comments or something, but its never a real conversation and i dont know how to become friends with them. god its like i was born without any social skills. sucks so bad

Banzai · 10-26-2009, 12:28 PM

It depends largely on how I'm feeling. On a good day, quite alot, particularly in lessons/lunch.
On a I'm-not-feeling-very-social type day, not many. I will usually talk to people in certain lessons but at lunch time however, I usually tend to avoid people on these days and don't usually make an effort to be responsive particularly with people I don't know very well i.e acquaintances.

mcsboy8 · 10-26-2009, 01:07 PM

besides family maybe around 4-6?

Lost_loner · 10-31-2009, 04:49 PM

At school I hardley ever initiate conversations with other people, so it depends how many people decide to talk to me. Typically it's about 5-10 people....on a good day it could up to 20 people on a bad day it could be less than 2.

its_a_rick · 10-31-2009, 04:56 PM

Sort of depends on how you define 'talking', at my internship I say Hi and Bye to a few people who I have to pass to get to my desk but I don't really see that as talking.
So, I guess it's like four people, my parents and two people at my internship.

toffee · 10-31-2009, 05:02 PM

It depends. On an average day when i go to college, usually around 6-15, including my mum and dad.

SOME · 10-31-2009, 08:45 PM

Talk as in a conversation? I rarely have conversations with my family, i just exchage words with them "mum im hungry","okay". i only have conversations with 3 people. wow this thread just made me realize i don't have many conversations as i thought.

brokensaint · 10-31-2009, 08:47 PM

Two or three people on the internet.

malone · 11-02-2009, 02:11 AM

Not including my parents:
When I'm not at uni - just one
At uni, depending on what classes I have - max will be about four or five?

markx · 11-02-2009, 03:06 AM

Excluding family - none.

Ing · 11-02-2009, 09:03 AM

I usually talk to just 2-3 people per day. Some days I just talk to my sister. It's kind of scary when you lay it out like that.

glarmph · 11-02-2009, 12:07 PM

3 or 4 people a day on average. That would include family, people at work, etc.

shadowmask · 11-02-2009, 12:21 PM

Since I got laid off two weeks ago, zero. Unless you want to count saying "hi" to the cashier at the grocery store.

illlaymedown · 11-02-2009, 12:34 PM

My mom, brother, mom's bf, and my "dad" since they all live with me and I avoid that as much as possible since I don't really like any of them...love, yes...like, no.
I mainly just talk to my cats

sad, I know....
And I pray, so those all are about it

jim_morrison · 11-02-2009, 10:44 PM

Anywhere from 0 to 5-10 depending on what I have on that day.

xXSadiXx · 11-04-2009, 07:41 AM

Since I'm not in school, nobody.

X JO · 11-17-2009, 05:03 AM

4

My bf.
The bus driver.
My boss.
& Pumpkin, My cat ^^
xx

FakeFur · 11-17-2009, 08:35 PM

Now that I'm away at college I don't talk to my family so - usually 0, but sometimes 1.

ohpewp · 11-17-2009, 10:27 PM

On school days, just one or two people in person, and 2-4 in texts or on the phone.

Does online interaction count? Haha I don't even have much of that either.

rincewind · 11-18-2009, 04:02 AM

On a typical day, 1-3, and that's usually just saying "Hi" in passing and stuff like that rather than a real conversation. It's not unusual for me to get through a whole day without talking to anyone.

10-26-2009, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
sarah22 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 12	How many people do you talk to in a day? How many people do you interact with on a typical day? Ive been noticing recently how pathetically few people i talk to in a day... at this point i only talk to one guy and its always about school or the assignment were working on. I just cant open up to people. Even if i do talk to them, its always just about assignments and it goes nowhere. How do you have a good conversation with people? and how do you become friends with them? i know some people and we just make comments or something, but its never a real conversation and i dont know how to become friends with them. god its like i was born without any social skills. sucks so bad

10-26-2009, 12:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Banzai Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: UK Posts: 908	It depends largely on how I'm feeling. On a good day, quite alot, particularly in lessons/lunch. On a I'm-not-feeling-very-social type day, not many. I will usually talk to people in certain lessons but at lunch time however, I usually tend to avoid people on these days and don't usually make an effort to be responsive particularly with people I don't know very well i.e acquaintances. __________________ When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bike. Then I realised that The Lord doesn't work that way, so I stole one and asked him to forgive me. -- Emo Philips

10-31-2009, 04:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
its_a_rick Status: So tired... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Netherlands Gender: Male Age: 20 Posts: 211	Sort of depends on how you define 'talking', at my internship I say Hi and Bye to a few people who I have to pass to get to my desk but I don't really see that as talking. So, I guess it's like four people, my parents and two people at my internship. __________________ Yummy... boredom.

10-31-2009, 05:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
toffee Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 17 Posts: 181	It depends. On an average day when i go to college, usually around 6-15, including my mum and dad. __________________ Everywhere i look, you're all i see.. just a fading ****ing reminder of who i used to be.

11-02-2009, 12:07 PM	#12 (permalink)
glarmph Status: Hiding in my basement Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 243	3 or 4 people a day on average. That would include family, people at work, etc. __________________ Life sucks, then you die.

10-26-2009, 01:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
mcsboy8 Status: Psychiatric Researcher Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 587	besides family maybe around 4-6?

10-31-2009, 04:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lost_loner Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canada Gender: Male Age: 17 Posts: 79	At school I hardley ever initiate conversations with other people, so it depends how many people decide to talk to me. Typically it's about 5-10 people....on a good day it could up to 20 people on a bad day it could be less than 2.

10-31-2009, 08:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
SOME Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern california Gender: Male Posts: 152	Talk as in a conversation? I rarely have conversations with my family, i just exchage words with them "mum im hungry","okay". i only have conversations with 3 people. wow this thread just made me realize i don't have many conversations as i thought.

10-31-2009, 08:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
brokensaint Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Halifax, NS Gender: Male Posts: 202	Two or three people on the internet.

11-02-2009, 02:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
malone Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Female Posts: 60	Not including my parents: When I'm not at uni - just one At uni, depending on what classes I have - max will be about four or five?

11-02-2009, 03:06 AM	#10 (permalink)
markx Status: Stir crazy Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 672	Excluding family - none.

11-02-2009, 09:03 AM	#11 (permalink)
Ing Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: United States Gender: Female Age: 19 Posts: 61	I usually talk to just 2-3 people per day. Some days I just talk to my sister. It's kind of scary when you lay it out like that.

11-02-2009, 12:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
shadowmask Status: Seeing stars Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,081	Since I got laid off two weeks ago, zero. Unless you want to count saying "hi" to the cashier at the grocery store. __________________ Basically, I'm complicated I have a hard time taking the easy way I wouldn't call it schizophrenia But I'll be at least two people today

11-02-2009, 12:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
illlaymedown Status: Miseria Cantare Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mississippi Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 362	My mom, brother, mom's bf, and my "dad" since they all live with me and I avoid that as much as possible since I don't really like any of them...love, yes...like, no. I mainly just talk to my cats sad, I know.... And I pray, so those all are about it __________________ "I feel like a helpless puppet being manipulated in some major scheme."~ Squall Leonhart My avatar is my art...www.myspace.com/illlaymedown

11-02-2009, 10:44 PM	#15 (permalink)
jim_morrison Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Australia Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,023	Anywhere from 0 to 5-10 depending on what I have on that day. __________________ Warning: I am not a trained medical professional. Any information provided by me is based on my own personal experiences and research and is not intended to be used as professional medical advice. Please contact a medical professional before taking any action that may be discussed on this board.

11-04-2009, 07:41 AM	#16 (permalink)
xXSadiXx Status: MightyMorphin'PowerRanger Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Over there somewhere. Gender: Female Posts: 213	Since I'm not in school, nobody. __________________ Take my soul, consume me whole. I'm no part of this world.

11-17-2009, 05:03 AM	#17 (permalink)
X JO Status: X-JO Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Rotherham, UK Gender: Female Age: 16 Posts: 12	4 My bf. The bus driver. My boss. & Pumpkin, My cat ^^ xx

11-17-2009, 08:35 PM	#18 (permalink)
FakeFur Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NY Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 44	Now that I'm away at college I don't talk to my family so - usually 0, but sometimes 1.

11-17-2009, 10:27 PM	#19 (permalink)
ohpewp Status: Somewhat Human Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Arkansas Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 263	On school days, just one or two people in person, and 2-4 in texts or on the phone. Does online interaction count? Haha I don't even have much of that either. __________________ For longer than I can remember I've been looking for someone like you Someone with a head like yours and a torso too Birds sing and you're gonna PAY! The end.

11-18-2009, 04:02 AM	#20 (permalink)
rincewind Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Scotland, UK Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 288	On a typical day, 1-3, and that's usually just saying "Hi" in passing and stuff like that rather than a real conversation. It's not unusual for me to get through a whole day without talking to anyone. __________________ Per Ardua Ad Astra