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BrisMike
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24 Sep 2012, 9:54 pm

yellowrah wrote:
i was dx with social anxiety 2yrs ago, i have a fear of people cos i cant talk or connect with them, it brings me alot of distress and anxiety because i am aware of this i feel very self concios , im scared to be in social situations cos i no i cant perform or talk and it upsets me to think people think im rude or weird , which ive been called many years

i was diagnosed with aspergers last week,, i feel my social phobic disorder actually is the result of my undiagnosed aspergers for so many years, ive always been shy but when i got to about 13-14 it became a phobia, a real intensive fear


I agree with your post. I think it also depends on the situation. As someone else wrote, we have a choice when we are older not to be part of every social group like at school.

That is one of the not so good things; people think you are rude when you play with your iPhone or say nothing, but often that's just because you want to get out of the situation.