Social Anxiety

no guru · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:55 pm

I'm sure some of us take the dumplings to work with us.

Lemming · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:20 pm **Posts:** 155

pumachik Wrote:

never been a problem for me, i'm a social butterfly. if i'm quiet, it's probably because i'm just observing people or the situation or i don't like you.

same here, although just social, not so much a butterfly. i tend to observe and listen rather than participate in inane banter.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:36 pm

Elvis Fu Wrote:

Hey, I found an article that describes this board:

One morning when he was 15, [Insert Obner Name Here] shut the door to his bedroom, and for the next four years he did not come out. He didn't go to school. He didn't have a job. He didn't have friends. Month after month, he spent 23 hours a day in a room no bigger than a king-size mattress, where he ate dumplings, rice and other leftovers that his mother had cooked, watched TV game shows [or "Arrested Development"] and listened to Radiohead and Nirvana. "Anything," he said, "that was dark and sounded desperate."

BAHAHAHA!!!

And Jason -- It's called DRUGS!! That's what they're supposed to DO!!

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

pinkeyedwink Wrote:

Nakedprey Wrote:

pinkeyedwink Wrote:

Nakedprey Wrote:

pinkeyedwink Wrote:

Quote:

This is kind of embarrasing, but does anyone else suffer from social anxiety?

hence my presence here (and absence at obner gatherings in austin)

its actually gotten a lot worse. for a long time i would refuse to interact with people and because of this my social skills have suffered severely. seriously retarded when it comes to social stuff now, but i'm working on it. i'm thinking of seeing someone too

You and my bro should hang out. He lives in Austin, but he's kind of reclusive. 8) He has a few friends up there...

sounds disastrous. does he play tennis?

Haha. He used to play tennis. In fact, my dad teaches it for a living. Anyway, my bro is basically a big music geek, computer geek and health nut.

really, does your dad teach in austin? i've been wanting to take some lessons

Houston. But it'd only a 2 1/2 hour commute.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:39 pm

Perhaps you should try skimping on the underwear

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:45 pm

Professional help, borg. Really.

OPA! · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:09 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

CreepingSweens Wrote:

HaqDiesel Wrote:

sweens, you work in manhattan?

Nope...Long Island

do you ever go to manhattan?

(yes, in a thread about your social anxiety, i'm going to try to get you to come to a happy hour)

Ooh...an Obner Happy Hour...imagine that?

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:12 pm

No wonder you people think Arrested Development is the funniest shit in the world. You've never been fortunate enough to hang out with a group of genuinely funny people.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

i gotta say i don't get the phone thing.
first:
everybody's got four phones, call waiting, caller id and still NO ONE PICKS UP THE PHONE!
second:
what is so fucking scary about making a phone call? my ex wouldn't even order chinese food. i had to do all of the calling and it made me crazy. (hence my overreaction to this topic)
my daughter is bad too.

major pet peeve.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i hate calling people - my wife gets really pissed off about it some times. email is great for me.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:22 pm

the thing i really hate is when i go to shows or the bar alone and there's NO ONE that i know there. i feel like a big loser.

katie, a princess · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:25 pm

sometimes ill pretend to chat on my cell to no one in public places -- JUST SO I DON'T LOOK SO ALONE

edit: no joke.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

katie, a princess Wrote:

sometimes ill pretend to chat on my cell to no one in public places -- JUST SO I DON'T LOOK SO ALONE

shouldn't this be up on post-a-secret?

thisotherkingdom · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:27 pm

I'm kinda weird about the phone thing. I don't have problems making phone calls, but the odd thing that I do is if there is anyone else in the room with me, I'll leave the room to be alone to make the call.

Can't really explain why.

katie, a princess · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:28 pm

nope, it goes right here, in this thread.

i also practice my accents when i'm on the phone.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

katie, a princess Wrote:

i also practice my accents when i'm on the phone.

now this is funny.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:29 pm

It's the fucking phone you shut ins!!

Jesus, if you can't talk to people on the phone, you need more than professional help. You need a priest.

I always thought it was funny to accuse all of you of having no social lives, but I guess it's true.

Maybe its funny because its true.

no guru · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:29 pm

There's a bit much confession in this thread.

Nothing wrong with that, but weren't you all supposed to be The Cool People or something?

I thought you were like Jason Priestly but you all a bunch of Ian Zierings. The humanity.

ayah · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:03 pm **Posts:** 6402

Senator LooGAR, TX Monger Wrote:

It's the fucking phone you shut ins!!

Jesus, if you can't talk to people on the phone, you need more than professional help. You need a priest.

I always thought it was funny to accuse all of you of having no social lives, but I guess it's true.

Maybe its funny because its true.

lolololololol......
check my new sig.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:34 pm

ayah Wrote:

Senator LooGAR, TX Monger Wrote:

It's the fucking phone you shut ins!!

Jesus, if you can't talk to people on the phone, you need more than professional help. You need a priest.

I always thought it was funny to accuse all of you of having no social lives, but I guess it's true.

Maybe its funny because its true.

lolololololol......
check my new sig.

That makes 3...I am on some kind of roll. I hope I don't have to leave my house. I am glad for my internerd friends. My life is now worth living. :wink:

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

im not really shy or a shut in - hell i give presentations to hundreds of people at a time at work - it really is just the phone.

OPA! · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:48 pm

I have no problems with social anxiety, thank God. In fact, I'm the opposite. I don't shut up.

shiv · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 7:55 pm

OPA! Wrote:

I have no problems with social anxiety, thank God. In fact, I'm the opposite. I don't shut up.

i can vouch for this.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:28 pm

katie, a princess Wrote:

sometimes ill pretend to chat on my cell to no one in public places -- JUST SO I DON'T LOOK SO ALONE

You and shiv need to become more comfortable with yourselves -- there's nothing wrong with being alone.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2006 8:30 pm

I'm a shut-in, but I don't have a problem making phone calls. It's "first contact" that I have a problem with...with which I have a problem. (I, too, need to get rid of my "valley girl" accent/grammatical construction issues/whatever.)

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