Question of the Day

[ayoub]

What social situations stress you out?

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Being around too many people, or being the centre of attention for too long...

Comments

[childeofloki.livejournal.com]

Paperwork.

[cerebralpig.livejournal.com]

Being with someone I don't know very well and not knowing what to say and they're just as bad at it as I am. The horror! :)

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

All of them

[o-annie-o.livejournal.com]

Most of them.
Like you said being around too many people. Being the centre of attention at all. Being around strangers, no matter if they´re just a few. It stresses me out to talk to people face to face generally.
My main problem is that I think I´d say or do something stupid/embarassing/wrong and people will talk bad about me/laugh about me/ not like me.
It´s like that because of the social anxiety.

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

Too many people (more than two, lol), loudness and being expected to be "nice" to someone who creeps me out/I really do not like.

I also HATE being the centre of attention - at all. Birthday parties are not my idea of fun.

[pyxiwulf.livejournal.com]

people. freaks me out thinking about it. crazy for a former social butterfly who was voted most likely to be a soap opera star.

[kathyrene.livejournal.com]

The kinds that strip you of your individuality -- it's either buy-in and assimilate or you're out.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Meeting new folks as I am horribly shy and get anxious.

[shadowwolf13]

All of them ... :(

[these-3-remain.livejournal.com]

Crowded, pushy lines with a time limit on getting to where we're going: airports, sporting events, amusement parks, et cetera.

Also, I'm extremely unnerved by certain social groups, like the grown-up versions of pretty, popular girls and good-looking, shallow jock-types. It's my inner high schooler having a panic attack!

[beatzz.livejournal.com]

I'm not a party sort of person, unfortunately. It's too crowded and loud for me.

[indigobluejelly.livejournal.com]

Your answer is exactly what I would have said!

Get out of my head....:)

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

The ones in which other people are involved.

[sirenity.livejournal.com]

I love hosting get togethers/parties - cooking for my family and friends but it stresses me out! God, how I love the torture... ;)

[padiwack.livejournal.com]

"Being around too many people, or being the centre of attention for too long..."

Just like you, only I spell center with an "er". ;-)

[milagro75.livejournal.com]

Nearly all of them. :P I definitely agree with the ones you mentioned. If I'm going to spend time with people I prefer a small, intimate gathering rather than being at at a bar or a big party or something. Even around my closest friends I am still the one who sits back and observes, rather than being the center of attention.

A quick survey that I could write a book on

[fox-bard.livejournal.com]

Awkward and uncomfortable silences around people I have only just met.

The press of too many people all around me with no escape route out of the herd.

Loud and obnoxious drunks acting out in my vicinity.

Social bullies that spend every moment discussing how trained/buff/athletic/tough they are, and how they can whoop anyone's ass around them. These douche bags are a total social snore by talking themselves up for an acceptance they can never attain by acting as they are (irony!), they tend to slap, punch and bluster for fun, and people who really can whoop ass into traction never go around advertising it.

People who are clearly on some kind of chemical soup for depression/serotonin levels. They are so glassy that you can't communicate with them, but they still try anyway. Which is why I am not on those medications for my own in-balances.

People who cannot clearly enunciate their vocabulary. I hate asking people to repeat themselves. If I have to do so too often, my mind will wander and I will accidentally ignore them while pretending to pay attention.

People who only talk very loudly about their latest drama and talk over/interrupt everyone who was already talking quietly to someone else - and usually in front of people they do not know. There's a lot of these at Faire.

People who feel the need to resort to name-calling and finger pointing when they do not get their way. For instance, the assholes that proclaim someone a loser or a bitch because that individual wouldn't go out and get them a beer, latte or something equally inane.

Those who choose guilt as their weapon of choice to garner attention, affection and/or material gain. If you have to guilt someone to get the things you desire, then those things are not worth having.

[nantosvelta.livejournal.com]

job interviews & oral exams (much the same thing really).

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

Is public speaking a social situation?! I hate addressing a crowd!

[hippie-geisha.livejournal.com]

Being around too many phony people who feel they have to keep the conversation going with mundane chit-chat. The situation is usually less stressful when I have on a pretty dress...:)..

[gillian16.livejournal.com]

I am not crazy about work meetings where I have to travel to our vendors locations and do workshops. That is when my insecurities peak and I start doubting my knowledge and abilities. Fortunately once it gets going it turns out okay but it's the getting started part that makes me nervous. Oh and I HATE when they make you go around the room and say your name and talk a bit about yourself. I always feel like a total dork. ;o)

[kelly-pink.livejournal.com]

I hate formal events with "important people"..the snobbery is unnerving to me!

[miintikwa.livejournal.com]

Anything where I can't either (a) get lost in a crowd, or (b) have just a few friends around.

Parties tend to stress me a lot. But oddly, I do fine at huge conventions like D*Con.

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

Crowds. Not knowing anyone in a large group of people/party. Presenting to an unknown group.

[chiropteraclan.livejournal.com]

Being around a lot of people (especially if I don't know them), being around a lot of drunk people, being in places that are just too loud..

[castlelady.livejournal.com]

I will write a journal entry. This topic is perfect because I had an encounter tonight that stressed me out so bad I can't even put it into words.

[eternalxwhisper.livejournal.com]

I'm weird because whilst I enjoy being the centre of attention with people I know, I hate to have a strangers attention focus on me. I prefer to blend into the crowd.