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Finding it hard to communicate, losing touch with my gut feelings

LegacyUser · 2012-04-02 23:32:12

i've been feeling low and down a lot the last while that i find it hard to communicate my true thoughts and feelings with people. I'm not sure if its a trust thing, an anxiety thing, or like some sort of weird fear of letting people in, and its lead me to a point of questioning if i really know how i feel about anything at…

02-04-2012 11:32pm

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i've been feeling low and down a lot the last while that i find it hard to communicate my true thoughts and feelings with people. I'm not sure if its a trust thing, an anxiety thing, or like some sort of weird fear of letting people in, and its lead me to a point of questioning if i really know how i feel about anything at all?
Bear in mind, i do tend to be over dramatic, which i've also considered aka is this really a problem or am i just noticing the flaws i make and blowing them out of proportion, however all this has kind of blown up now and left me getting really anxious and stupid when it comes to social situations, heck even people i would consider good friends who i wouldnt in the past have had trouble talking to about anything i now struggle to communicate fluidly and openly with. It's as if i'm never really conversing, but more constantly in my head wondering what the right thing to say in this situation as if i'm rehashing a line, rather than just letting it come naturally, if that makes sense to anyone. It's gotten to a point now where i kinda feel numb or grey, as if ive just kinda lost the sense of what made me me. Unoriginal if you will.

I'm trying to think of ways i can overcome this situation im in right now and get back to normal, and im wondering if people think this would be a good idea of how to attack whats making me feel down.
If i force myself into social situations i wouldnt normally be comfortable with, but instead of forcing myself to talk, just be very passive and only talk if i truely feel it. and just keep forcing myself into these situations?
OR
Practice by posing questions to myself and trying to formulate an emotional response. My problem with this one is that even when i do that i end up confusing myself and not really tuning into my gut instinct, as if ive lost it or something.

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