Social anxiety

[Polkadottail]

I am doing really well with the excercising. The personal trainer is going good. She is young but doesn't seem too judgey or atleast she doesn't make it transparent. Anyhow I have been feeling much better. Then I went to an event and attempted socializing. This made me feel very small and yuckey. I obsess and obsess about every word I say. Makes it hard to talk at all. Then of course I regret everything I have said. Geeze...

[AnxiousSilver]

"Then I went to an event and attempted socializing. This made me feel very small and yuckey."

Was this socializing with friends, strangers, or was it people at the gym?

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"I obsess and obsess about every word I say."

Here.. I suffer from Severe GAD.

I tend to overthink and worry a lot.

It's part of my condition.

Like.. I have responded to NUMEROUS posts here, but then I will reread what I wrote, before I hit reply, and sometimes I'll start overthinking what I said. (and sometimes that leads me to simply delete the entire post)

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So, in some ways, I kinda get it.

[cashew78]

It's called rumination, and I get you. In my case it's more to do with being taught shame is more of a cardinal virtue than a detriment. It is possible to stop that train when it leaves the station... I just don't know how; i go through periods of constant rumination when things are bad, and they stop for me when things are going okay-ish or better. or, at least, it affects me less :/