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Paranoia

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Does anyone else experience extreme social anxiety to the point of feeling paranoid that everyone is laughing? I feel like I get treated so badly as soon as I step out the front door. 

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  • Not like that, I can go out, but in social situations I'm always on edge waiting to put my foot in my mouth and then use the other one to exctricate the first. I always meet people with a sense of dread and the dread follows me home. 

    I've had to many people who I've gone out with criticise me after an event that I've been really embarrasing. I decided the amount of dread and agro wasn't worth it as often that's all I get out of socialising, if positive things came out of it then I might change my mind, but it all seems more trouble than it's worth.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

      

    Think this might explain part of how you feel -

    Autism spotlight effect and RSD 

    The intersection of autism, the spotlight effect, and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) creates a severe, exhausting cycle of social anxiety and nervous system hypervigilance. While the spotlight effect makes you feel like everyone is intensely watching you, RSD convinces your brain that their judgment will be catastrophic. [1, 2, 3]
    This combination causes autistic individuals to constantly monitor their own behaviour, leading to a state of emotional and physical exhaustion. Blossom
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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

      

    Think this might explain part of how you feel -

    Autism spotlight effect and RSD 

    The intersection of autism, the spotlight effect, and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) creates a severe, exhausting cycle of social anxiety and nervous system hypervigilance. While the spotlight effect makes you feel like everyone is intensely watching you, RSD convinces your brain that their judgment will be catastrophic. [1, 2, 3]
    This combination causes autistic individuals to constantly monitor their own behaviour, leading to a state of emotional and physical exhaustion. Blossom
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