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Originally Posted by abscondist
I really don't know where to post, but I have the following issue. I am a completely introverted person. Not only being that way, but I am exteremly nervous of large crowds and being in large groups of people. Anxiety, fear, and whatever else you call it. Physiciatrist don't even spend more than 10 minutes with me to even diagnos these problems or any one particular sickness. He just names it Major Depression. It's hard to make friends. I can't even do FaceBook anymore. Some people have found out where I moved to and knock on my door, and I won't answer. I am also afraid they will ask me to a picnic, wedding, or other function and I cannot find a reason to tell them why I can't make it. So I shy away from them and don't answer the phone sometimes either. The so-called past friends I did have, turned out to be fake-friends anyway. Even the doctors and T-social workers seem to be a big joke, in it for the money. That is another subject for later.
I've always felt this way since I was a kid. It made me very angry when my folks made me go any celebrations in the family. I do talk with people, but don't stay too close to them. So what am I called? Guess I will always be like this till the end...
TY for reading my post.
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Thank you for posting
. I can really identify with what you're saying, because a therapist once did a personality test on me and my introverted points were 100% and extroverted points 0%. I feel a lot of what you do, and I have major trust issues with people, since many have screwed me in the past somehow. I would say I am anti-social rather than social. Pity your therapists are so dismissive, because I would think you might have some kind of autism spectrum disorder like I do. That explained so much of the social difficulties I was having. Seems you are searching for an answer, that might very well be it. I really wish you all the best with coping with this, because I know where you're coming from, many hugs from me buddy
. I admire your courage too, since you had a Facebook account, I didn't even have one ever. I have basically no friends, only work colleagues.