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vesicular quite gets what I'm talking about. Anyways... I have a mix of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and intermittent explosive disorder, combined with what is another compulsive behavior (scalp picking)...
This is interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_space
I have a co-worker who interferes not in "personal space" but "intimate space" (that is, when she's showing me stuff, she's literally bumping up next to me... That's irritating. Anyways... That's just an anecdote...
I've thought about CBT, as an approach. But it's so methodical... And that's another issue of mine. I tried to do journaling for two different therapists, and never was able to get into the habit. Supposedly CBT is very effective. Exposure and Response Prevention seems like another option... A subset, I guess, of CBT.
This leads me to... "Flight Zone":
Funny how wild animals are "unbroken" and that we have to "break" them in order to make them tame. (Slave Screams! He's being beat into submission... I should note I accidentally wrote "we wild animals" in the sentence above, initially.)
I also have a very strong startle reaction, which I've noted in a somewhat recent post (in the past month, I believe).
Anyways, I wanted to clarify, in a sense, that I don't just feel "anxious" or "nervous" around people. I have very strong space issues and anxiety issues which lead me to be very sensitive to conditions, including startling noise, violations of personal space, panic, and rage. It's not merely being "inept". It's much more and much scarier. People are not supposed to hit metal objects and dent them out of emotional rage. They are not supposed to ram their bumper into a truck that's preventing them from parking in their appointed parking spot.
vesicular quite gets what I'm talking about. Anyways... I have a mix of panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and intermittent explosive disorder, combined with what is another compulsive behavior (scalp picking)...This is interesting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_space
I have a co-worker who interferes not in "personal space" but "intimate space" (that is, when she's showing me stuff, she's literally bumping up next to me... That's irritating. Anyways... That's just an anecdote...
I've thought about CBT, as an approach. But it's so methodical... And that's another issue of mine. I tried to do journaling for two different therapists, and never was able to get into the habit. Supposedly CBT is very effective. Exposure and Response Prevention seems like another option... A subset, I guess, of CBT.
This leads me to... "Flight Zone":
Tame animals have no flight zone; that is, they will allow a person to approach and touch them. Wild, feral, and unbroken animals can have very large flight zones.
Funny how wild animals are "unbroken" and that we have to "break" them in order to make them tame. (Slave Screams! He's being beat into submission... I should note I accidentally wrote "we wild animals" in the sentence above, initially.)
I also have a very strong startle reaction, which I've noted in a somewhat recent post (in the past month, I believe).
Anyways, I wanted to clarify, in a sense, that I don't just feel "anxious" or "nervous" around people. I have very strong space issues and anxiety issues which lead me to be very sensitive to conditions, including startling noise, violations of personal space, panic, and rage. It's not merely being "inept". It's much more and much scarier. People are not supposed to hit metal objects and dent them out of emotional rage. They are not supposed to ram their bumper into a truck that's preventing them from parking in their appointed parking spot.
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