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I don't know for sure, I've never spoken to him, and I don't know if it's social or not.
I first noticed this guy about five minutes into our midterm, when he started hyperventilating like crazy. Within about ten minutes, I'm pretty sure he was up to a panic attack. The professor made everyone around him move, he had this little radius of empty seats around him.
I haven't seen him much since, I don't think he shows up to many classes. He walked into lecture this morning after class (wasn't in class) and was approaching the prof when our paths crossed. He had some serious deer-in-headlights syndrome, and it was very obvious he was trying to just avoid people in general.
That's all I know. My heart goes out to the guy, whether or not he just has really bad exam anxiety, or social anxiety, or panic attacks or whatever. I could be jumping to conclusions, but this is the first time I've seen some random person and actually had the strong feeling they suffer from anxiety.
So, SAS, what do I do? Leave him alone? Approach him? Try and sit near him in lecture? Pretend the midterm panic-attack never happened? Keep in mind I have SA myself here. I also have very bad exam anxiety, and while I can keep composure during the test, usually look like he did about 6 hours before the exam. I'd be annoyed if it were me and people just started approaching me, but then again I think it's always nice to know at least one other person understands on some level what you're going through.
I first noticed this guy about five minutes into our midterm, when he started hyperventilating like crazy. Within about ten minutes, I'm pretty sure he was up to a panic attack. The professor made everyone around him move, he had this little radius of empty seats around him.
I haven't seen him much since, I don't think he shows up to many classes. He walked into lecture this morning after class (wasn't in class) and was approaching the prof when our paths crossed. He had some serious deer-in-headlights syndrome, and it was very obvious he was trying to just avoid people in general.
That's all I know. My heart goes out to the guy, whether or not he just has really bad exam anxiety, or social anxiety, or panic attacks or whatever. I could be jumping to conclusions, but this is the first time I've seen some random person and actually had the strong feeling they suffer from anxiety.
So, SAS, what do I do? Leave him alone? Approach him? Try and sit near him in lecture? Pretend the midterm panic-attack never happened? Keep in mind I have SA myself here. I also have very bad exam anxiety, and while I can keep composure during the test, usually look like he did about 6 hours before the exam. I'd be annoyed if it were me and people just started approaching me, but then again I think it's always nice to know at least one other person understands on some level what you're going through.