It feels good, kind of. For the longest time, since 2nd grade maybe, I haven't been able to talk to people without nearly having a panic attack. I just assumed it was normal and I was shy.
I didn't start thinking it was anything more than that until a couple of years ago throughout high school; that's when I noticed that I was literally the only person who had nobody I wanted to talk to - those who (rarely) offered, I turned them down out of fear.
Anyway, I've been trying to make my mom think I'm normal, I act happy around her because she seems like the kind of person that would act as if I was joking and I just need to get out more and have a big laugh about it. She works with mental health patients, so I figured anything less than schizophrenia would be trivial to her. I was relieved when she actually took it seriously because I got this burden off my shoulders.
Her only issue is that if I tell a doctor, they won't do much of anything but put you on anti-depressants or some other generic kind of pill. Is this true? If so, is it necessarily a bad thing?
I didn't start thinking it was anything more than that until a couple of years ago throughout high school; that's when I noticed that I was literally the only person who had nobody I wanted to talk to - those who (rarely) offered, I turned them down out of fear.
Anyway, I've been trying to make my mom think I'm normal, I act happy around her because she seems like the kind of person that would act as if I was joking and I just need to get out more and have a big laugh about it. She works with mental health patients, so I figured anything less than schizophrenia would be trivial to her. I was relieved when she actually took it seriously because I got this burden off my shoulders.
Her only issue is that if I tell a doctor, they won't do much of anything but put you on anti-depressants or some other generic kind of pill. Is this true? If so, is it necessarily a bad thing?
