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Originally Posted by mulan
For you what is the line betwen social anxiety and shyness. I guess someone would say the anxiety itself...and what is the diference betwen avoindant personality?
I classify somewhere on these. I just can't tell in which.
In the presence of new people is very hard for me to talk, I barely can say some words. I'm quiet... I suffer with what people may think about me when I do something embarassing, I avoid some social situations because I know they just won't work, because of my past experiences and I know they will make me sad and I don't have the hability to do them. But I don't feel anxious, not to much. I rather feel sad about it than anxious. I can't speak sometimes because I don't feel comfortable and I fear people won't like me and they will think I'm stupid. But there's no blush, or swetting, or heart racing, or shaking, any anxiety symptoms...not that I notice. Even so there's many times I fear I am doing stupid things under other people watching, and all I want is to running away and hide. If I have to I face not comfortable situations...I did that a lot. If it is importante I don't avoid them.
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Dear mulan. I know what you mean. It's really hard to find the difference between some of these things. Is shyness a personality characteristic, but social phobia is a mental illness? Where is the line? I don't know. And if you are anxious and avoidant, but don't have some of the usual defining characteristics does it mean you aren't suffering and really need help and understanding? Hope you can get some of this sorted out for your own situation. All the best.