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Old Jun 05, 2011, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Rio_ View Post
Me too! That happens to me quite a lot, and also if there's any frustration or anger in a person's voice - even if it's two people near me arguing and I have nothing to do with it, it makes me feel stressed. (More so if I know them, because I'm likely to start worrying that it's somehow my fault.) So glad I'm not the only one, every time it happens I start beating myself up about it for being so pathetic, which just makes me feel even worse. I've been told before that I have some symptoms of social anxiety, so that might have something to do with it...
Hi Rio, good to see you!

It can be helpful when this happens to keep reminding yourself that whatever is going on with those people near you, it has nothing to do with you and nothing *is happening* to you. It helps me, so I thought it might help you too.
Thanks for this!
Rio_