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can delusion cause feelings like this ?

[LadyShadow]

I am not sure, but I am usually worried what people think of me. So I believe so yes.

I am obsessed with what people are thinking of me and have had major social and performance anxiety as a result. CBT and medication has made for great improvement. Oh to be sure the anxiety is still there but it is easier to manage. I still have it but I am able to function (ie, go out, go to social functions). Before, it really limited my life.

[Lost_in_the_woods]

I think it can but you should alwsys fact check cuz someone may just dislike you or you could be projecting your own feelings of rejection onto someone wwh mught actually be wuite fond of you.

[detour1]

Originally Posted by Lost_in_the_woods

I think it can but you should alwsys fact check cuz someone may just dislike you or you could be projecting your own feelings of rejection onto someone wwh mught actually be wuite fond of you.

Hi here is a little story about my friend and me

Hi today i said hi to him and he said hi back in a normal voice and then i bump into a door and he said are you alright after we both said hi and i said i told him i want to talk to him again but he old mean teachers won;t let me and he just nod his up and he just waved

yesterday i tried to say hi to him yesterday but he just wave back but at the buses i said hi again and he just wave and again but i said bye and he finally said bye back but not in a loud voice ,just a loud enough to hear him
I said hi to him first thing and he said hi back and then at the busses i said i am sorry and he take him a few moments to come over and said you did not wrong with a smile and said bye ,before i could finish
does it seem like he dislikes me

[Lost_in_the_woods]

Hard to tell because i dont know what his general personality is like. Might just be shy. Even some ppl who seem extroverted and comforable can often still be shy about meeting new ppl or getting to know someone they havent spoken to much or is outide their immediate group of friends. So He could also be just lost in his own thoughts and may not have really registered you trying to talk to him. My Husband who i have been with for over ten yrs..is still soewhat of a mystery to me. At work or other social settings he can appear out going and extraverted. He is generally ell liked almost immediately by most who meet him, but those of us who are closest to him know him to be rather quiet, distracted, and seemly uninterested...but it is not that he doesnt care, he is infact one of the most caring kind persons i have ever met. But he is actually very introverted and guarded with his thoughts and feelings. Also he is usually lost deep in thought, because he is a very creative person and gets deeply focused on new ideas that float thru his mind. So much that, he might be talking to someone at like a family gathering one moment and then gets lost and doesnt even hear the other person asking him a question, i have had to kick him lightly many times to get him to realize someone is speaking to him lol. So the extroverted work side of him is really very difficult act he puts on cuz he is afraid that ppl will think he is weird or lazy. I am giving younthis as an example because ppl are not always what they seem. My advice would be to not try so hard to get his attention in passing, but wait til there is a good opportunity when he is alone and approach him with an "icebreaker" question or observation. Something like hey i noticed you are reading, playing this game watchingthat video/show, listening to this band thats one of my favorites or ive never heard, read, seen, listened,playedthat whats it about ? or Is it any good? Just some thoughts. He might open up a bit more if you find common ground or ask him about something he is into. Hope some of this might be helpful. Some people take longer than others to get to know or even acurately get a,sense if how they feel at all. Good luck.