Terrified to talk to people

[JaggedEdge]

I am completely terrified to talk to people and tell them my problems in a blunt fashion. Actually I'm scared to talk to people about darn near anything. Is this a form of social anxiety? I am so tired of feeling alone. Even stuff like I want to leave a comment on someone's post or i want to post something, I write it and delete it sometimes several times before I just give up and say nothing at all. I'm tired of living this way. CN anyone help??

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I feel the same way! Always feel like i’ll say the wrong thing or someone will take it the wrong way.

Remember we all are here to support one another so feel free to comment on whatever post you want.

[JaggedEdge in reply to Hidden]

I'm sorry to say this to you but I am so glad I am not the only one!! It drives me crazy that I do this. Hey Thanks!

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We are here for you ❤️

[JaggedEdge in reply to Hidden]

Thank you

[Kat_21]

Hi! I wanted to say that I'm here for you to vent to. No judgement whatsoever. This is a safe space, and we are all here to support and help each other.

I have the same issue, I do think it is a form of social anxiety. I know it's tough, but no one will judge you here. Just be yourself.

[JaggedEdge in reply to Kat_21]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your response and the comment about it being a safe place. Thank you

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I had that same issue. Its absolutely crippling. It's amazing you have the strength to be vulnerable and show people your fear. That used to cause me extreme anxiety just to think about it.

From my experience it's anxiety. I think it just gets worse when your around people because you become self conscious about your anxiety and how others will perceive it. If my seretonin levels are high and my anxiety levels go down, then I have no problem socializing. You probably deep down know how to socialize and act but something is fogging up your mind so you cant think and respond quickly and feel even more anxious because of it.

So I dont think the root problem is not that you are afraid of people or you dont know how to socialize with people. It's this unexplainable anxiety that is getting in the way of normal activities like socializing. You probably feel anxious even when you're not around others. For me it was 24/7. It's a tough realization when you realized you havent relaxed in decades. That was the case with me. My body had so much tension. When I was able to bring my seretonin levels rise I could feel the tension slowly leaving. It was everywhere. In my legs,arms, everywhere. All the muscles in my brain were tense so I could see easily see why my brain was fogged and messed up.

Maybe your body is not making enough seretonin. 90% of seretonin is produced in your gut so if you have an untreated intestinal disease like celiac disease than it can be very disruptful to seretonin production. Celiac disease is said to affect only 1% of the population but its reported that 95% of people are undiagnosed. So it's likely to affect more of the population. More people have gluten intolerance, which is basically the same thing, so I would say at least 1 in 10 people have this disease in some form and 95% dont know they have it, its crazy.

[AK0424]

I am so much like this. It's definitely social anxiety. Been like this for years (since I was a kid) and never knew why. Even calling family crippled me. I'd have to write what I wanted to say down and hope they didn't answer the phone. Sucked... Still does. You are not alone at all