Social Anxiety   Author:  8741  Category:(General Advice) Created:(2/24/2001 7:00:00 PM) This post has been Viewed (440 times) I'm a really insecure person but I don't show it. I act like I'm truly happy and I try to make others jealous to help me convince myself everything is ok. I've always been that way. I always feel like I have to be like every girl out there..have the latest hairstyles and clothes. I don't mean to sound conceited it's just that I've always been a little emotionally unstable. I've had to deal with OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder)..that's one of the anxiety types. I have social anxiety because I'm so afraid of looking stupid in front of others. It's like a little wall and when I meet some people the wall doesn't exist and I feel comfortable around them..I can be myself and I act like myself. When I meet others and I don't know why I can't go beyond "the wall" and I feel like I need to get away from them. Even when somebody like that comes over to me and a person I'm really comfortable with I close up. Sometimes I can cross "the wall" but sometimes I can't. And I feel like I'm supposed to hang out with these people just because I'm expected to and if I stay home I feel guilty like I've done something wrong or like I'm not normal. I get nervous easily and I always feel like I have to prove to people that I'm "happy" and there's nothing "wrong" with my life. It has nothing to do with popularity it's just the way I feel. I don't feel comfortable in a certain group..I can be friends with any kind of people and I am. How can I get rid of that feeling like I need to do certain things and not to feel anxiety around some people. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or interesting stories for the world to read and respond to Click here Scroll all the way down to read replies. Show all stories by   Author:  8741 ( Click here ) Spring is coming