Posted by Ted on August 8, 2002, at 18:15:23
In reply to Re: blue hell » Ted, posted by mist on August 8, 2002, at 15:30:03
> > Maybe it's just me, but I feel safer around strangers.....
> Safer than with family,
They are who caused many of my problems. I have *never* received any support of any kind from anyone in my family so far in my life.
> friends,
Huh? What are they? OK, I have a couple, but they are purely superficial.
> co-workers
I'm just another geek/nerd, nerdier than the rest, stranger than most.
> etc.?
I think you get the idea.
> I feel generally unsafe in the world. I think it's a combination of agoraphobia, GAD, social anxiety, and social avoidance.
OK, I don't have agoraphobia or social avoidance and only negligible GAD & social anxiety. That's a big difference. I understand how you feel though: My wife is a lifetime social phobia & avoidance and depression sufferer; it runs in her family along with OCD.
> Oh, and of course, depression--how could I forget?
Well, of course! We all have that, don't we? Sorry, I don't mean to generalize, but this *IS* psycho-social-babble after all.... :-)
> I wish they'd come up with a new diagnostic category for me that combines all of those disorders into one easy label.
My wife and I use terms like "dysfunctional" (one word) and "all messed up" (still short at only 3 words).
So, other than depression, we are pretty much opposites. :-)
Ted
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