Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

23,095 Members
43,244 Posts
0 Online
Anxiety Disorders
/ Anxiety Support Group

anxiety of talking out of place

angiebettin
angiebettin
When someone comes over my house .I get excited and then sometimes I say thing that either have little to do or nothing at all about the conversation. I start to feel like stupid for opening my mouth, then anxiety attacks me. I get up an leave the room, usually I will hide. I will go in the bathroom for a long time,, thats usually whenI cut is from anxiety. I dont understand why it happens. SometimesI will leave the company and go do laundry, so no one sees my anxiety, or .i call it stupidity. Its hard. Sometimes ..I just try to sit there an pretend I am listenig, when I am in a daze.any comments or suggestions would be helpful.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Take time to practice in front of the mirror, so you can see your confidence being displayed naturally.

Sometimes, we have to make ourself relax.

Best wishes.
allgoodman
allgoodman
I'm sorry to hear that you're going through this. I've been there.

What helped me was when a therapist told me that we all tend to assume that we're the center of attention and that people are all focused on us and what we say and do...more than likely, other people aren't reacting as strongly to what you're saying. They're not judging you to the extent you expect...instead, they're coping with there own feelings and all the thoughts that are going through their own heads.

Please stay in touch on this board and let us know how you're doing!
anneccleaver
anneccleaver
I understand I talk randomly sometimes and I also have memory issues. Concentration can be tough. I have learned that being outspoken can be a challenge but I have almost gotten there it takes practice. I still have major periods of being afraid of talking, and I often times hide in my bedroom but what I do now is do some thinking before I meet the person. I am still working on being spontaneous though, I have heard someone say that singing and being in drama class helps.
anneccleaver
anneccleaver
ONce and a while I will think of something funny to say ... but it doesn't fill up the whole conversation. I am working on reading to help me more in general I am going to buy an assertive workbook to help.
bridgie101
bridgie101
We all say random things all the time.

Everyone isn't judging. :) You will be judging yourself 1000 times harsher than any critic. It's the anxiety, it's not anything you are doing or saying. Have you seen a counsellor?
Posts You May Be Interested In
  • Community LeaderMid

    Misplacing daily use items

    Posted by: Mid
    Last Reply: Mid
    9
    My day...today...misplaced my debit card...didn't realize it until I got to the register after shopping to a full cart.  Used a different debit card and pulled apart everything looking for missing debit card before I left parking lot.  Got home, dropped keys. So now I have a missing debit card, missing keys. A full cartload to unload and put away. I got everything put away.Dumped purse for a...
  • serenityspeaks

    Anxiety

    Posted by: serenityspeaks
    Last Reply: GreenEyes727
    7
    I don't really know how to label this but I having a rough week and I can't say it's one thing.... I have a lot on my plate which is nothing new and I try to cope in many positive ways and do but I still have my moments.My kids more so my daughters talk to me about everything which I know it's cause of comfort and we are close.... however I really struggle with the venting about their dad which...