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Are You Socially Awkward?

I don't have any friends. I proberly have one but we proberly talk once every year or so. I have tried time and time again to interact with other people but I have found that there is something off about me. I always say the wrong things, or am too shy to speak up in discussions. Online it's fine, I can say what I feel and express myself clearly and confidently. The rejection I get from people just makes me withdraw into myself more and MD like crazy but I know that's not really healthy but I just feel so much happier in my head.

I know for many people their situation is different. Are you socailly awkward?

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Permalink Reply by lisa wright on July 1, 2013 at 9:45pm

mdd is demonic oppression satan is trying to shift ur focus and destroy u whether u believe it or not, wat u need to do is don t give into ocd if u have and accept christ in your life and let god through jesus christ be ur focus and he will keep u in perfect peace trust me it will get rid of it.

Isaiah 26:3

King James Version (KJV)

³Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

2 corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds

Permalink Reply by Kayla on July 14, 2013 at 8:24pm

I have the same problem the only friends I realy have are my cousins that have been around my whole life and are okay with my weirdness i rarely meet new people and when I do I feel very awkward and shy most of the time. And it makes them think I dont like them or something similar

Permalink Reply by Kaylin on July 16, 2013 at 1:26pm

I'm similar, in social situations i feel out of place and hey afraid to speak up because i might say something wrong. In school i try to interact with my piers, but often i come off as extremely awkward which make it even harder to interact. My daydreaming has caused me to withdrawal myself from the world so much i never know how to act on real life situations.

Permalink Reply by Tinkerbell on October 13, 2013 at 7:58am

Lisa Wright, this rfemark doesn't exactly help. :-/ I'm not a Christian and no offence to anyone I'm not really intreasted in that to be honest.

lisa wright said:

mdd is demonic oppression satan is trying to shift ur focus and destroy u whether u believe it or not, wat u need to do is don t give into ocd if u have and accept christ in your life and let god through jesus christ be ur focus and he will keep u in perfect peace trust me it will get rid of it.

Isaiah 26:3

King James Version (KJV)

³Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

2 corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds

Permalink Reply by Tinkerbell on October 13, 2013 at 8:00am

Thank you for replying Kayla. Sorry for the late reply been busy with training and work.

I think that now because I am so used to my own company that I don't really know how to interact with people. I try but it just ends u[ with me looking really strange and making other people uncomfortable.

Kayla said:

I have the same problem the only friends I realy have are my cousins that have been around my whole life and are okay with my weirdness i rarely meet new people and when I do I feel very awkward and shy most of the time. And it makes them think I dont like them or something similar

Permalink Reply by Tinkerbell on October 13, 2013 at 8:03am

Thank you for commenting Kaylin. sorry for the late reply. I've been busy with work and training.

You know, there was a period for me at school where I used to day dream a lot less. Only at home when I was bored but throught painful circumstances at various colleges, I learnt that the only really friend I had was myself and my day dreams and my condition over time just got worse. Perhaps I am so used to day dreaming that i don't really want friends so I am intentionally awkward?

Kaylin said:

I'm similar, in social situations i feel out of place and hey afraid to speak up because i might say something wrong. In school i try to interact with my piers, but often i come off as extremely awkward which make it even harder to interact. My daydreaming has caused me to withdrawal myself from the world so much i never know how to act on real life situations.

Permalink Reply by lisa wright on October 13, 2013 at 10:11am

lisa wright said:

mdd is demonic oppression satan is trying to shift ur focus and destroy u whether u believe it or not, wat u need to do is don t give into ocd if u have and accept christ in your life and let god through jesus christ be ur focus and he will keep u in perfect peace trust me it will get rid of it.

Isaiah 26:3

King James Version (KJV)

³Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

2 corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds

Permalink Reply by lisa wright on October 13, 2013 at 10:18am

To Tinkerbell

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Permalink Reply by Tinkerbell on April 3, 2014 at 3:27pm

Thank you so much for commenting Matthew. Since writing this I have got better at interacting with other people at work but am still quite shy. It has allowed me to become less socially active, forcing myself to interact with others. It is quite painful in the beginning and embarrassing but after a while, i found myself doing quite well. How have you been in this department?

MatthewR said:

I completely sympathize with you. All my friends now are online friends. I haven't talked to anyone face-to-face in a very long time--at least, nothing beyond casual or everyday conversation. I just keep to myself. I live in a somewhat geographically isolated area as well, so the culture is very different than what I'm used to. I don't particularly feel comfortable here. Like you, I tend to come off very awkward. I am not articulate, and I am terribly shy when it comes to voicing my opinions (my voice does not project very far, either, so that doesn't help). Because I am so anxious, I find that my daydreams give me a certain amount of release. If I haven't DD'ed in a while, I get agitated and restless.

So, yes, totally awkward...

Permalink Reply by Professional Daydreamer on April 13, 2014 at 4:57am

Yepp i get you so well I'm soo socially awkward....even though i have friends i always loose them because i end up pushing them away and the wondering why i'm such a lonely person..and i would rather daydream than hang out with friends and i would always end up loosing them all...and i could never make new friends cause i never speak up or i would never walk up to them if they don't come up to me i would never start a convo...cause i would think i'm saying the wrong thing or i would mess up they would hate me or that i'm bothering them and so on....and it sucks cause deep down i don't wanna be the girl who ends up with 60 cats and spends her whole life alone cause she was just too damn scared to take a risk and cause she didn't wanna leave the world she created in her head...