Goon Danton posted:

Hell yeah, this is the stuff to focus on. Going outside can be really fun, even when it's hard to do.

Addamere posted:

Goon Danton posted:

We have more than you can handle buddy! A quick glance at Wikipedia gives Social Anxiety Disorder, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Separation Anxiety Disorder, and Schizoaffective Disorder.

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

i don't think these things necessarily go together, i am a bit of a narcissist, and rather imagine that i am debasing myself speaking to this random person (slightly overstated to make the case), but i still struggle badly to buy a stamp or attend a social event.

just to note that the cause-and-effect implied by your post does not necessarily hold. we could be a bit broken for different reasons entirely, but if you started out similar to me the worthlessness might just be bad rationalization.

either way, i don't know anything for sure except that this is a legitimate problem that you'd (we'd) do well to get some help on.

Goon Danton posted:

That doesn't sound like narcissism. That sounds like social anxiety.

Also FYI narcissism is a really specific thing psychologically (narcissistic personality disorder), and wanting to avoid people and getting self conscious are basically the opposite of it. It's literally illegal for a shrink to say it, but Trump is a really textbook case of npd if you're curious what it looks like.

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

sorry, phrasing myself badly i confused matters: obvisouly we are not fundamentally the same; we are at minimum at opposite ends of the same thing, i just tried to express that social anxiety is prevalent in a lot of very different people. the idea being that it'd be a mistake tying issues together too quick.

sorry if i was very unhelpful, this is a very tricky area and i don't even at the best of times express myself well.