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always worried what ppl think

  • 08-11-2010 4:44pm
    #1
    LegacyUser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭


    im constantly worrying what people are thinking about me. the only place i can go by myself is is to work , or drive to a friends house and back. if i have to go to the shop i always try put it off till i actually HAve to go, i.e if i run low on petrol or anything. i feel everywhere i go everyone is looking at me, or laughing at me. i've felt like this for years, im 30 now. i wont go anywhere on my own, i always have to have someone with me.
    i hate going out socially, i always get nervous. but if i have drink in me, im everyones best friend and have the time of my life. im real chatty and funny with drink in me. i always wish i was like this all the time 'without the alcohol'.
    if i want to have a cigarette, i wont go out my front door i go out the back door so nobody sees me. im afraid to walk around to the shop on my own, i would love to go out walking, but do be afraid that the cars driving by me or people walking by me, are looking at me, EVEN though i know they aren't. things are that bad that id ring/text my boyfriend and ask him would he go to the shop for me to get smokes, even though i will be driving by a shop. its not laziness, its like i fear stopping the car and running across the road to the shop, i get nervous if there is ppl around.
    i never stand up for myself in situations. its like ive a fear of ppl.
    I really dont know what is wrong with me, i got a hypnotherapy tape on 'overcoming anxiety' but that doesnt work.
    i dont know, am i anxious in life, no self-esteem, or just absolutely no confidence. i dont have depression or stress. Its just like ive a fear of going out or doing things.
    i look at other people and wish i was like them. i do have friends and they think i'm great, outgoing, funny (around them I am cos im comfortable)


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Speak to your GP and ask to get a referral to a psychologist or at least a counsellor.

    I'd be inclined to say you have a mild form of Agoraphobia, but without speaking to a professional, that's just a shot in the dark. That you loosen up with a few beers on you suggests that it's an anxiety issue - easily sorted, but not without professional help.

    It will get worse if you ignore it.


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