Espy
Wanderer
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Quiet -- Hm, I'll look into it. I've only started having sensory overload issues in the past year. I first noticed it when I started having an anxiety attack after a club meeting. Never happened before, but I was suddenly aware of the noise, how many people were /talking/ and everyone being loud to hear each other, that there were /a lot of people/... I practically ran out of the room and my friends (who also have mental blah) were pretty concerned.
Think it might be my ADHD being exacerbated by anxiety. Ugh.
In college, people sometimes think I'm an extrovert. That's probably on account of my being relatively outgoing, at least compared to my pre-high-school self. We had mandatory community service in high school, and I learned how to talk to people I didn't know, and that got me a bit more over my fear of talking to strangers and people older than me. And I also developed a habit of helping others to the extent that I put others before me...that led to some shitty stuff, my fault, but a completely different story.
So, yeah, I can be considered "not shy", but that's because I have a compulsion to help other people, and I've learned how to interact with others a bit better.
I can understand but can't really imagine needing to be around people to keep energy levels up. ...I think I'd run out of spoons really quickly. I can chat online with a friend for hours on end, or hang out with them for half a day, but I'll still feel exhausted and out of it afterwards. And it's a lot worse for people I'm not too familiar with.
But I happen to need to balance my social interactions and alone time, because if I sit and think for too many days on end, depression likes to come knocking.
....wow, that was...rambly.
Step in front of a runaway train
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Pushing forward through the night_____
Aching chest and blurry sight
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Posted 07-27-2016, 02:48 AM
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