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philosopherBoi
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20 Feb 2009, 12:19 am

When I am calm my personal space zone is very tiny perhaps a foot away from me in all directions but when I am angry/agitated/nervous my personal space zone grows significantly sometimes getting as large as 20 feet in all directions. So I was wondering does anyone do this?



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20 Feb 2009, 12:20 am

not really. either way I don't tolerate people close around me, or too many people in a room.



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20 Feb 2009, 12:33 am

I do not usually distance myself when angered, but I do do it sometimes.



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20 Feb 2009, 12:39 am

When I'm cold, I cuddle up to keep warm. When I'm hot or don't want to be touched, I want people away from me. I don't even liked to be hug in bed because I want space between my body.



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20 Feb 2009, 12:43 am

philosopherBoi wrote:
When I am calm my personal space zone is very tiny perhaps a foot away from me in all directions but when I am angry/agitated/nervous my personal space zone grows significantly sometimes getting as large as 20 feet in all directions. So I was wondering does anyone do this?

Yeah I can relate to that. When I'm angry/upset I distance myself from people. My personal space grows to the size of my bedroom or backyard. And I have a big backyard.
Then there are times when I don't mind if people come closer to me.



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20 Feb 2009, 1:19 am

When I'm in a good or neutral mood other people have to tell me to back off but if I'm agitated stay away, I usually take over the entire basement of our house and glare at anyone who dares enter.