maleficent

If it's not crippling your social life, and it doesn't sound like it is, then i would say don't pop a pill... The side effects would probably be worse than the initial problem.

Not talking on the phone i don't think is a bad thing, I would say that the women who broke up with you because you didn't call them were pretty unreasonable. I don't call people unless I've been specicially asked, otherwise i'm intruding. I don't like to IM people unless I've been specicially asked.. I feel like I'm intruding... I am completely time obsessed, I hate being early for something, I detest being late even more.. so I will triple check a time and worry that I have the right time when i have to go somewhere... I don't really think that is abnormal.

I don't think what you are describing is abnormal behavior (either that or I'm kidding myself too) I think it's being respectful of other people's time.

Social Anxiety Disorder, like all the kids otu there who are diagnosed with ADD, seems to be an all purpose condition to put a label on something or someone who's just not as outgoing as others. Why do people have to be outgoing? Why not just accept that some people are somewhat introverted and shyer than others.

Your personality is what makes you who you are. Being shy might just be a part of that personality. If you popped a pill and all of a sudden you weren't shy anymore, would you still be the same person?

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