I hate anxiety. It makes me feel so
nervous and sick! I feel so weak and
mentally slow. I know I am a smart young
lady so I dont understand why I feel so
slow? I can understand things well but it
just takes me longer to focus on the
information and what people are saying.
Maby I am just sooo preoccupied by my
worries and thoughts? Or maby I have
attention deficit disorder? Or maby it is
just a symptom of anxiety?? Anyways I
feel like crap this morning with an upset
stomach. I feel so nervous I just dont
know what to do. So nervous and scared
and that upset stomach gets worse. Im
just so worried if anxiety will hold me
back from my future. What if I can not
tolerate the career I am studying for
right now? Why am I so weak? And
retarded? Well thats what people honestly
think of me....Because I am so quiet...
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down123
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 80
People Think Im Dumb! Literally!.....but Im Not!.... Posted: 06-16-05 10:50am
Does anyone here that suffers from anxiety
have a problem where they know ppl who
think they are stupid because they are
quiet , shy, nervous etc. ? Because I am
all of the above, shy, quiet, very anxious
(social anxiety) etc. And I know some ppl
who know me and they think I am stupid
because I can not talk or I am queit
around them. Its like I get a lump in my
throat that prevents me from talking to
them because I am so nervous or sometimes
I just have nothing to say to them. But
in the end they think that I am stupid all
becasue of it and when I think about it,
it brings me more anxiety and depression
becasue its like I have failed myslef to
prove myself to them. I know I am better
than what they think and one day I will
prove it. But in the meantime, these are
ppl that I want to make a good impresion
to becasue I have interests in these
ppls....Anyone gone through this
experience?
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silent_one
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 1
Guess what? Posted: 02-06-08 06:22am
You've just described me. I get the exact
same feeling. When i want to talk to
someone i get these strange anxiety
attacks they're hard to describe I feel
really twitchy and it makes me want to
leave the conversation. Nobodys ever
called me dumb, but i have been bullied
for being so quiet or getting really
twitchy. I kind of think that my problem
is that I over analyze things in my
head...then when i go to say what i want
it comes out the wrong way, or I'll mumble
or something. This is really holding me
back. I have heard that most people that
are quiet are quiet because they're
unknowledgable, i read this in a book and
its been bothering me alot. I don't think
im dumb i get good grades, i like to play
music alot. I think something that will
help is exercise(when i work out i dont
feel as twitchy and you feel better about
your appearance), also reading alot having
a big vocabulary helps,
stay informed watch the news read the
paper, try and throw yourself in
uncomfortable situations(i know its hard,
but i try and do it all the time, ill
admit that i fail alot but you'll feel
better knowing that you tried.) The other
day i asked this girl i liked if she
wanted to hang out... and she said yes...
i was so happy, but then when we hung out
it was a little awkward...chemistry over
msn messenger is no good( you should get
rid of that program and use the phone).
Thats the best I can think of
Goodluck to you I know how it feels I've
felt unimaginably awkward many times and
full of anxiety that i feel chained. I'm a
prisoner of my own mind.
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Seraph
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 22 Jan 2008 Posts: 329 Location: , South Africa
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Posted: 02-06-08 06:31am
- Nods -
I get the same...espetially the thing of
working stuff out in my mind but when I
actually get to the talking part, the
words just come out all wrong. In my mind
it makes sense but when it comes out my
mouth it sounds retarded.
At times when I am very nervous or
anxious, my neck starts to twitch and I
can't keep my head still!
Just a quick question to down123 tho...
has anyone ever told you to your face that
you are dumb or do you just feel like they
think that of you?
