see... i am so socially awkward everyone is avoiding this post! ;-P

Nope I hear ya ... I am socially backwards too ..But I can put on a good front

It's in your head. the depression/anxiety monster is bombarding you , making you feel inadequate.

You look fine, and you are fine. Just be yourself, and breathe.
{{{{{{big hugs}}}}}}}

Many of us on here have social anxieties,...I know I do,..but I do the best I can,..

My social mask crumbled on me years ago, I can't even fake it now.

I am basically a friendless hermit.

i just get so frustrated because i don't recall always feeling like this.... and i am somewhat "better" than i was this time a year ago, but still feel weird in crowds..... i wish i could turn back time to where i did not feel this way.

SHHH Still you might be a hermit but friendless you are not HUGSS

and lately, when i am around people i feel comfortable around, i think i talk too much and it gets on their nerves.... can't win

but,..what you think in your mind,..and what is reality are two different things,..

i know. i try to remind myself of that - but my mind is so freaking loud sometimes!! it is hard to get it to shutup! :)

I think we're always harder on ourselves then we are on others. My guess is those you're interacting with aren't feeling that you talk too much. And if they're you're friends and they do think that you're talking alot they'll understand and not think it's a big deal. I don't like to interact with people in big groups, I get social anxiety about that.

Are you socialy awkward in all situations or just in ones where you do not know as many people or somehow got the impression that the people there are more important in some way then you think you are?

I have often seen people who do not feel comfortable with certain crowds/groups and I wonder why, why would they even want to look to these people for some kind of validation. Usualy the ones who are the most fearful have the most to offer as real, caring human beings, they just lack some of the flash and self confidence, such a shame.

I know how you feel. The way I cope is by reminding myself that I don't care what anyone thinks of me. Act like an asshole--people think you know your stuff when you act like an ass. That or they're too afraid to get in your way. Works for me, while sometimes I'm shaking inside meeting new people I act like an ass outwardly, works like a charm!

That or meds...

it's lately in all social situations i am in, with friends or not... so frustrating.

I'm so socially awkward that I avoid going out places.. I can't talk normally to my friends because I feel they are judging me, when I know they wouldn't do so. I don't talk much to people, and I get so nervous when talking to a stranger in case I do something stupid.

It's been like this since I left high school. I used to get bullied a lot because of my weight, and because I dress differently from people, and have different points of view.

I just can't be normal in public, cause I get so scared around people. :/
I'm thinking about going to a doctor and asking him to recommend some counselling or something...