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Damiana
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Is there something wrong with me?
Anxiety Support / by Damiana
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 September 11th, 2014
...See more I look around at everyone's daily interactions at work, online, in public. They all seem to converse with each other so effortlessly, and there I am, wishing I had someone to even hang out with. Why wasn't I given even the slightest bit of charisma? Why do I have a mini panic attack anytime someone even says hi to me or acknowledges my existence? i watch my coworkers get into conversations with complete strangers. (We work at a diner type establishment.) How do these people always have something to say, and everyone else able to continue on so easily with them? I don't feel normal. Like I never grew out of my teenage years of being shy and young. I am consistently, and almost daily, hearing comments about how quiet I am. Making friends, let alone keeping them, seems like an impossibility to me. The last actual female friend I had was back in high school. The last actual male friend I had that wasn't just friends with me to try and get in my pants was also in high school and he was gay. And I feel like it's so difficult for me to make friends because of my aforementioned quietness. It's getting harder for me as the years go by to find anyone I can even stand being around for an extended period of time. I feel alienated. I feel like the loneliness is only going to get worse. The acquaintances I do have that are available to talk to would not understand the slightest bit what I am talking about and it makes me feel like I am insane. Maybe I am?
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