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Hi first time posting here in social anxiety.
I can handle routine social interactions, but anxiety kicks in when it comes to deeper relationships. I've always had friends but how I make them is by listening to what they have to say and giving advice/input, or through deep kinds of "being there for you when you really need someone" moments. I don't speak about what I really think, or share parts of myself, or joke around like I do at home to myself. I have a few close friends that have had other friends that they seem to really enjoy the company of, and I can't seem to understand how they achieve that closeness so effortlessly while I seem like an every once in a while type to them. I feel like a dishonest conflict avoidant cardboard cutout in social interactions, just reacting to cues but not dishing anything else out. |
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Thanks for sharing this. Here's a link to an article by DocJohn on why people sometimes can't say how they feel plus 4 articles on the subject of not feeling good enough:
10 Reasons You Can't Say How You Feel When You Never Feel Good Enough 4 Reasons You Grew Up Feeling Not Good Enough | The Psychology of Self 10 Ways to Stop Thinking You're Not 'Good Enough' The Feeling that You Are "Not Enough" I hope you're finding PC to be of benefit. __________________ "I may be older but I am not wise / I'm still a child's grown-up disguise / and I never can tell you what you want to know / You will find out as you go." (from: "A Nightengale's Lullaby" - Julie Last) |
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