If you have a social anxiety how do you handle all the millions of real people o!
Question: I've seen a lot of questions on here by people with social anxiety but I never understood how they could handle it on-line in here with all these people with those anxieties.
Answers: I've seen a lot of questions on here by people with social anxiety but I never understood how they could handle it on-line in here with all these people with those anxieties.
I dont have social anxiety but I do have fears and axienty that surround people.. I can tell you there is a huge difference between face to face contact and online contact... want to know what it is??
Power button.
It serves as a safety mechinism...
I am lucky to open my front door twice a month and usually actually leave my house once a month on most months due to fears related to people.. But I maintain some contact with people online.... at least to some degree on a daily basis..
It is a much safer alternative for me as I am sure it is for people with social anxiety.
that would be my opinion on the topic
29 yr old diagnosised with schizophrenia
By pretending that they're not real.(That works out to 50:50).
I don't know if I have social anxiety but I do have an anxiety problem
It could be because you don't see them. That works for me anyways.. sounds dumb I know but yeah.
They are in their safety zone of their own home. A place they have control of.
Also, if you get anxious while on Yahoo answers, you have the option of logging off.
Real life and internet q&a are 2 very different things.
Social anxiety is extremely complicated & a horrible thing to have, so cut them some slack buddy
There are no "real people" inside my computer. They are not here! The internet is not a REAL social community. You can easily turn it off. There is no loss of control in unknown situations.
To ask such a question is to show your lack of understanding of how people interact in a face to face way. It is more than just words. It is also psychic, auric, beyond the 5 (6?) senses.
There is no threat implied by their physical presence.
Everytime i write something, a question or an answer i am terrified. I wonder what people will think, will they hate me, will they think i'm stupid or an idiot , blah, blah, blah..... But i still do it and i think the fact that it is on here and no-one really knows who i am helps. If my real name etc was on here i would not be able to do it. There have been times when i have been extremely upset and even cried when people have been "smart" or "rude" in their answers, but i think it can only make me stronger in the long run.
I don't know. I can't explain it. I have social anxiety. The only time I leave the house is when I have to go to the doctor. I am home schooled. I just don't like being around people. I agonize over what people might think of what I write over the internet. Sometimes I don't even bother to go back to read the responds.