Posted by shasling on June 18, 2006, at 13:06:53
In reply to Re: Social Anxiety and nothing to say. » FrequentFryer, posted by ed_uk on June 18, 2006, at 12:31:24
Actually, in my case social anxiety is not the problem. I sit and stare when I'm home alone as well. It is a feeling of being null and void, like a switch has been turned off or perhaps like having smoked alot of pot or some other drug which causes people to sit and stare. PET scans have shown low dopamine activity during these sit/stare times, primarily in the cingulate something-or-other. The sit and stare, nothing to say does become somewhat embarassing when in social situations, but with me it is not cause, but rather the effect of an underlying brain-firing problem.
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