What happened to me?

[nathan01627]

I have completely changed as a person. I am unaware of why this happened. Here is the story I am currently 21 and for the last 5 years I have preferred to be by myself almost to the point of isolation. The weird thing is that it has not affected any part of my life except for the occasional feeling of loneliness. It hasn't affected my grades in college at all but I feel like a freak that I am the only person who doesn't like going out to parties and bars. I actually get along with people very well and have tons of people I could call if I wanted to go out but for some reason I just don't. Whenever I go out with people I just constantly feel irritated I have no interest in what they have to say. It is driving me crazy that I cannot connect with people and have to put up this front. In high-school I had tons of frienRAB played sports and was always surrounded by people. I had 5 best frienRAB that I had from 3 grade all the way up to 10 grade. I was hanging out with them one day felt they didn't want me there and from that point forward stopped hanging out with them. Any ideas? Did I just change into a different person or could it be some personality disorder?

 

[anxietygirl2]

Hi, I can relate to what you are saying, I isolated myself also. It sounRAB like social anxiety to me. Some people just avoid situations that trigger it (such as not going out) and so they rarely experience the anxiety. When they are put in a situation anxiety symptoms can show in different ways. Being annoyed with people, not being able to connect, and feeling a lack of empathy are all symptoms I experienced before treatment. I thought I had some kind of personality disorder like sociopath or something but with treatment I now have this very close kinship with many people and I enjoy listening to things that they say...it is amazing!

 

[Goingnuttzagain]

What in specific irritates you when you're around people. I know too much conversation about nothing gets to me to the point of me being a total pain. I know I can't stand hearing conversations that I can't connect to because I just don't care about what's being said. I used to be immensely social. now the only person i can stand is my girlfriend.