Posted by Dima on April 12, 2009, at 23:53:59
In reply to Re: My life so far...what should I do? » Dima, posted by Amelia_in_StPaul on April 12, 2009, at 21:01:34
> I'm just a layperson with some advanced schooling in psychology. But I'd say, as a layperson with my own anxiety issues, that your original message sounded exactly like social anxiety, severe social anxiety. But it's different to have no desire to talk than to have no desire because you are exhausted by the anxiety involved in it. Is that the case--do you really have no desire to have relationships or conversations?
I definitely have a desire to have relationships. That's one of my biggest desires, which makes this even worse. I just never feel the effort to talk and have conversation is worth it. It's not that I can't have a pleasurable conversation. Every once in a while I'll get into one and be fine, but usually, I feel much more uncomfortable trying so hard to hold up a conversation.
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