hello everyone ive been looking for a place to get advice im a socially awkward person and when you want to come out with something like telling your family hey im gay that awkwardness does not help. I hope the people on this site can really help me out.:icon_bigg
Hey! Welcome to EC! When you say awkward, do you mean awkwardly shy? This site will definitely help you out.
I understand if this all seems so overwhelming, I am hiding in my corner hoping no one sees what website I am on.
I just don't deal well with people i never have I connect well with people i am around frequently but i do not form bonds that seem to last past the time when we are in situations that place us in the same vicinity. it makes it hard to attempt a deeper more trusting connection. ---------- Post added 4th Mar 2014 at 03:57 AM ---------- The people i manage to have that deeper connection to my family are the ones that make it awkward and stressful i don't want that bond to be change ya know.
My sister is the same way. She's gotten better but she still has trouble with people. She was diagnosed with social anxiety disorder.
I have anxiety and found medical alternatives that make me more social. It is easier to be more open here because it is all private (in ways) just take baby steps by using this site. That is what I am trying to do.
that's what I was hoping for I think if I got a way to hash out my thoughts and get others opinions itll really help me
thank you for the thought to me my main thing is that while I can connect quickly with people it is a very shallow connection. I make friends pretty easily. i'll list an example I had quite a few friends in high school but I talk to maybe 2 or 3 of them on a very erratic basis. and since I haven't been put in another situation like school with a lot of people the same age as me Im not even able to make those connections. I am going to volunteer at an animal shelter though to try to interact with others. I don't know that I have social anxiety or if im just a severe introvert.
Ok this sounds a lot like my sister. She makes friends pretty easily because she's funny. But she has a hard time making the first move in a friendship. She had a really close friend at her old job who invited her out for drinks a few times. But over time my sister had a hard time pursuing hanging out with her. Good idea with the animal shelter! I like your ambition.