* Being seen doing anything that even ONE other human being on planet Earth might conceivably disapprove of
* Taking reasonable risks outside my comfort zone (this one really irks me)
* Admitting instructions are not fully clear to me
* Asking for advice or information unless I'm pretty sure the news will be good
* Making cold calls
* Driving an unfamiliar vehicle
* Writing things down in public
* Thinking about how other people see me
* Dealing with authority figures - unless they seem to be very friendly and/or in a really good mood and/or I already know them well (all three are ideal)
* Timed tests (an exercise in sheer terror)
* Interviews with multiple people, unless they seem very friendly
* Graphically violent movies/TV shows/news, because they can trigger intense anger towards the perpetrators
* Posting things on forums unless I'm 100% sure it doesn't sound silly, or I was in such an intense mood when writing it that I don't really care
* Being assertive, if I anticipate resistance
* Negotiating with people when the stakes seem high
* Talking about my accomplishments in groups of highly accomplished people
* Using mirrors (making eye contact with myself freaks me out)
* Seeing recordings or photographs of myself
* Climbing to high places
* Spiders, photographs of spiders, videos of spiders, and thinking about spiders (except jumping spiders, because I find them almost cute)
Some of these things I don't routinely avoid, but would if it were possible. I procrastinate more than I avoid.
Last edited by Onward2wards; Mar 08, 2015 at 04:56 PM.
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