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Old Apr 04, 2011, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by lavieenrose View Post
SS, you wrote that there was a time when your symptoms prevented you from engaging with neighbors and sharing your garden bounty with them. How did you heal that? I suffer so much from feeling a shyness, a pulling back from others. I wish that I could heal that social anxiety. It became very acute during a party I attended last night, even though the emphasis was on playing music. I felt inept and it was obvious. I couldn't find the starting note to sing, when they began playing the tune. I couldn't play my instrument. Total brain freeze. It's stressful that they're all very accomplished musicians, and have strong friendships and a lot of history together. Anyway, I was interested to know what caused the shift for you.

I really should have said.... there ARE times when my symptoms prevent me from engaging with my neighbours. It depends on my mood a lot (I don't know your dx but mine is bipolar with social anxiety and some other tag ons depending on which pdoc I am listening to) and the state of being, the level of anxiety when I am in the garden. Sometimes I am extremely hypersensitive to the sounds around me. I can easily be startled and will avoid the road side beds and opt to work as far away from there as possible to avoid being st
Thanks for this!
lavieenrose