Posted by Timne on May 18, 2009, at 21:48:50
In reply to Re: I'd rather not say this, but.... » Timne, posted by ricker on May 18, 2009, at 21:32:33
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> Do you mean as in... social phobia? If so, yes, lots of posters have wrote of such.
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> Regards, Rick
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>Well, I am not the diagnostician, but I don't think it's social phobia. It's more about avoiding particularly difficult situations. Kinda like, "hey, I don't have to take this," and people are like, "take what?"
I'm actually somewhat adept socially, insofar as I can talk my way into things, and can get strangers to open up to me on demand. I don't socialize for socialization sake though. More like social indifference than social phobia. Had work that required social skills, and I more or less aced that, when I wanted to. It's situations where I've concluded in my mind that the social game is a farce - where people are pretending and I know there's a back story. And I'm a smart guy.
It's almost like a psychic injury, but I don't think I know people's games by way of psychic access - I know them from having solid mental skills. Sort of the way voice recognition algorithms work - I tend to remember what was said in what context, whereas others might focus more on the requirements of the current social context.
Am I obfuscating, or does this make sense?
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