Hi
I've been on this site about a month now and am really enjoying it. It gives escape but also gets you thinking and gives you the courage to talk about stuff.
One of my difficulties is I get really screwed up about what people might think of me. To the point of avoiding stuff. This did involve work, and involves pretty much all social situations; those with friends and those with complete strangers. Whilst I'm not agrophobic, I do avoid situations that take me outside my comfort zones.
I feel a big part of it is that I think people are judging me. That goes way way back, right into childhood and I don't know why. Some of it is about my performance in what I might be doing whether that is just interacting or something much bigger. Some of it is really stupid like say not going for a walk in the park on my own as people will question the fact that a single guy is wandering around!!!!!!
I know the cbt route will make me challenge these thoughts and make me see they are in the main irrelevant, but my big question is why?
Thanks for looking, I might use this thread as a bit of a "blog"
Iain
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