Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi My name is Finley I am extremely socially awkward due to the following issues.
( 1 ) I am often in my own world.
( 2 ) I am terrible at starting convos and when I do I often stall ( meaning the words I really want to stay get stuck in my head like printing paper often gets jammed and I don't say the words and immediately give up trying to say them.
( 3 ) fearing that I don't look interesting or intrested in talking to - as sometimes I am in a room or space where everyone is talking to each other and not talking to me or coming over to talk to me.
( 4 ) intimated by the fact that there Is a lot of stuff that I feel like I should know about but don't because it doesn't meet my interests ( if you understand what I mean ) this makes me even more socially awkward because I can't contribute to something I know little or nothing about
( 5 ) afraid of making jokes incase of doing it wrong and fearing being laughed or mocked for it.
Has anyone else felt like this. if so how do you tackle this? thanks.
If I knew how to tackle my social issues I would have a tackled them. Instead I spend my days online. A devastated shell of a man.
I am the female version of you. Just diagnosed ADHD but I think there's more. I score very highly in ASD tests but I don't think my Dr will think I am. I've masked since I was a child. People are my special interest. I have NO friends and no family, so I don't think diagnosis is possible as there are no childhoodreferencesor evidence. I've spent 5 decades being socially awkward. You are not alone. If it wasn't for forums like this, I would be chronically and pitifully lonely. I'm okay with this way of communication, but in public it's a different story. I'm more or less a hermit.