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i_wanna_blue
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01 Jan 2009, 3:45 pm

Ryn wrote:
You mean this is seperate from my social anxiety in general?


I'm not sure but I think so. There might be people with SAD who are not scopophobic, just like not all people with OCD are germophobic. I havn't been diagnosed with it, but from my understanding I probably have it along with SAD.



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01 Jan 2009, 4:21 pm

I don't like drawing attention to myself (IRL...;) but I tend to make myself as uninteresting-looking as possible. No one really stares at me at all. Not making eye contact (there's even some women who wonder why I'm not 'looking'...;)



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01 Jan 2009, 9:24 pm

i_wanna_blue wrote:
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sco·po·pho·bi·a (skp-fb-)
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An abnormal fear of being looked at or seen.


I think I've had this my entire life. I dont know if its related to Social anxiety or not. I think I might of developed it because people always gave me quizzical looks as a kid because of my quietness and lack of facial expression. Can anyone relate to the above definition?


Is that what that is. I have that when I do not want to be seen by "certain people ". Where is my cloaking device when I need it?


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