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I Struggle With Mental Illness

Is why I find it so hard to get close to people. I have anxiety disorder and social anxiety. I always assume people won't like me or will think I'm weird. In a way, people scare me. I actually really like people it's just difficult interacting. I dont feel anxious online I wish I was the same in real life.
I feel misunderstood by everyone. Mainly my family.

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PhoenixPhail · M

You and I have all of this in common. For so long, since I was so scared of people and thought they wouldn't like me unless I behaved exactly as they wanted, I would give them what I KNEW they needed to see in me. Ultimately, this just made matters worse.
So now, I don't hang out with [i]anyone.[/i] People thought I was weird, anyway.

Isthisit · F

@PhoenixPhail do you wish you could hang out with people and not have such issues? Everyone thinks I'm weird as well

PhoenixPhail · M

@Isthisit Yes, but I would have to be a totally different person to be able to do that.