Posted by sweetmarie on April 12, 2001, at 10:48:27
In reply to Re: SOMETHING WORKS, BUT ITS THE WRONG THING » sweetmarie, posted by JahL on April 11, 2001, at 17:43:48
> Social phobia differs from mere unsociability in that it resembles a kind of inner-panic; you become gripped by symptoms of anxiety in social situations. This stems from a kind of paranoia, a (n irrational) conviction that others are forever scrutinising & judging you.
Your description fits that of someone I used to know (my ex-boyfriend), although I don`t think he called it `social phobia`. He would become convinced that people (on the bus, on the train, in the street - even his best friends and me) were talking about him, judging him and planned to do him some kind of harm - not necessarily physical harm, but have a go at him in some way.
I know how he suffered with this, despite reassurances by me or whoever that this wasn`t the case. So, you have my sympathies (well, you would have done anyway).
> > > I think you`re right about the anxiety thing - I don`t get anxiety or panic attacks as such, but I do have constant tightness in my chest, and my body is always tensed up unless I conciously try to relax it (stomach held in, shoulders hunched up, making my hands into fists etc).
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> Just the sort of thing I was thinking of-especially the fists!This depression business is a right barrel of laughs, isn`t it ??
Anna.
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