crazy? http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/ Yes, you're normal http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/#comment-41056 2006-11-05 21:02:18 this is normal.i even do this sometimes.dont worry nothing is wrong with not liking to speak to some people http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/#comment-22862 2006-07-10 18:52:45 i would call you a nut if it werent for the fact that i do it all the time myself. http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/#comment-22552 2006-07-06 17:11:05 I do it, though not always at night... Anytime when I'm on my own, or even walking down the street sometimes. It's not an anxiety thing for me, just a way of thinking about things, and people. I do do yoga, but that's to keep me flexible, it's nothing to do with stress. If you find it an inconvenience, see a doctor and find a "cure"... but if not, enjoy - everyone has their own little habits, it's no big deal http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/#comment-18909 2006-05-20 14:12:04 I agree with the other comment. I was phobic, also. I had a lot of philosophical grapplings going on in my head. I too, was on Paxil... it made me very numb and almost unresponsive. Someone could have hit me and I would not have had the appropriate indignation. I will say... I need ed that numbness for a while. I also started smoking a lot of pot during this period of time. When I smoke it now, I get panic attacks...so I think that's an individual thing. Don't worry about if you are normal or not. You will eventually find your niche or a good friend that may draw you out. Ultimately, that's what did it for me. A girl in one of my colleges classes asked me if she could photograph me. I swear she saved me. But, I didn't resist. Recognize your opportunities. Doing yoga helped me get off paxil and get my anxiety in check. http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/#comment-18679 2006-05-17 21:37:22 I can't say that it's normal, I can say you're not the only one who does it. It's something I used to do a lot, and now still find myself doing to some degree. You're not crazy, you don't have Social Anxiety Disorder, you just haven't met anyone you can relate to. I know that I have a hard time saying two words to a new person and usually get depressed after a night of trying to force myself into a social situation, but when I find someone who I can talk to about something I'm really into, I actually end up feeling like I'm getting high off of it. If you feel like it's too much to bear, antidepressants do work. I took Paxil for a while and it was literaly like fliping a switch in my brain, I felt like I could do everything that "normal" people did. However the side effects were so bad I have vowed to never take it again no matter how depressed I get. Your sex drive is gone, not reduced gone, you sweat a lot more and your sweat smells like piss sometimes, you put on weight, you don't have the energy to exercise, your brain zones out sometimes and you feel stupid, worst of all the mood swings you go through goin on and coming off it are scary. I would recomend finding a new group of people to hang out with and smoking weed. It's what cured me. http://isitnormal.com/story/2712/#comment-18516 2006-05-16 02:10:28