annalea(:
09-12-2012, 03:26 PM
Do you ever get the feeling your totally on your own in a social situation, even though your surrounded by people chatting away but you feel like you in another world, or like your invisible to everyone else?
Ive always been shy, i really do try and talk to new people but i always feel like I'm treading on egg shells with them! Maybe its just my anxiety telling me I've said something really rude but sometimes when i compliment people they look at me like I've told them to go die.
I said to an old friend i hadn't seen in a while and said i had forgotten how tall she was and she took offence :S I'm quite short but shes average height for a woman, so its not like she is a giant, i always used to say id love to be as tall as her.
So, In most social situations, i don't tend to speak much anymore and i used to be a serious chatter box!
I actually feel myself have effects of a panic attack when i have to speak to someone new because I'm so scared i will offend them in someway.
Ive recently started a new college and I've made friends with a few people in the class, but theres a group that all know each other and they accepted me into the group, but i kind of feel like some of the girls in the group, really dislike me :/ Its a beauty course with 16/17 year olds and I'm a bit older than them, so i feel really embarrassed that I'm the oldest in the class and i don't have a good friendship in there with anyone! There all still living the bitchy high school days and I've been to college for two years before so I've grown up a hell of a lot!
On top of that, i don't feel i have very much in common with them but that might just be because i haven't spoken to them much.
Its so embarrassing Having effects of a panic attack in class (heavy breathing, fidgeting, actually starting to cry and trying to hold back tears, not making eye contact and always staring at the door incase i need to leave quickly) i always want to grab my Rescue Remedy spray but I'm too scared someone with look at me oddly or question me what I'm doing.
I need to talk to my tutor about my counselling appointments because they clash with my time table but i am so scared to explain to her, i don't want to cry in front of her. I really don't know what to do.
I just want to know if there is any tips for people who are shy :/
Im really interested in my course and i don't want to dread it every single day because I'm on my own!
I just feel embarrassed and ashamed!
AnnaLea
Ive always been shy, i really do try and talk to new people but i always feel like I'm treading on egg shells with them! Maybe its just my anxiety telling me I've said something really rude but sometimes when i compliment people they look at me like I've told them to go die.
I said to an old friend i hadn't seen in a while and said i had forgotten how tall she was and she took offence :S I'm quite short but shes average height for a woman, so its not like she is a giant, i always used to say id love to be as tall as her.
So, In most social situations, i don't tend to speak much anymore and i used to be a serious chatter box!
I actually feel myself have effects of a panic attack when i have to speak to someone new because I'm so scared i will offend them in someway.
Ive recently started a new college and I've made friends with a few people in the class, but theres a group that all know each other and they accepted me into the group, but i kind of feel like some of the girls in the group, really dislike me :/ Its a beauty course with 16/17 year olds and I'm a bit older than them, so i feel really embarrassed that I'm the oldest in the class and i don't have a good friendship in there with anyone! There all still living the bitchy high school days and I've been to college for two years before so I've grown up a hell of a lot!
On top of that, i don't feel i have very much in common with them but that might just be because i haven't spoken to them much.
Its so embarrassing Having effects of a panic attack in class (heavy breathing, fidgeting, actually starting to cry and trying to hold back tears, not making eye contact and always staring at the door incase i need to leave quickly) i always want to grab my Rescue Remedy spray but I'm too scared someone with look at me oddly or question me what I'm doing.
I need to talk to my tutor about my counselling appointments because they clash with my time table but i am so scared to explain to her, i don't want to cry in front of her. I really don't know what to do.
I just want to know if there is any tips for people who are shy :/
Im really interested in my course and i don't want to dread it every single day because I'm on my own!
I just feel embarrassed and ashamed!
AnnaLea