I don't like parties at all. Justin and I have a weekly game night with our best friends and I'm fine doing that but not real parties. Our best friends are like family, actually we're both more comfortable with them than we are our 'real' family.

I always have a big anxiety attack before hosting a party, but I do prefer that to being a guest at someone else's party. When I host a party I'm in control of who's invited, and what goes on at the party. Our parties are usually outside around the fire pit. It's very casual and the dogs love all the attention everyone gives them.

Quote Originally Posted by sirrahbed
I am very much of an introvert and a homebody.

Plus, I am very uneasy around folks I don't know and crowds make me climb into a shell. In fact, I don't even like shopping and avoid it most of the time. I was just telling hubby about something that happens to me....I will ask a question or make a comment and it does not seem to get answered. He says I just talk too quietly For me, this is almost a phobia I think....I become really anxious and all of the sounds seem to run together. I am often afraid I will say something stupid and I get tongue-tied when I talk.

For me, this is almost disabling because I avoid most social settings and I wish I did not do this.

I try to just accept the way I am and not worry too much. I have been this way as long as I can recall. I do fine in a work setting but not socially.
That is me. I know exactly what you mean about not getting acknowledged when you say something, it happens to me all the time. However I do worry about it, in fact I often have an anxiety attack before leaving the house.

It is a phobia. I've been dealing with Social Anxiety Disorter pretty much my whole life, though wasn't diagnosed with it until I was 16. As a kid I was labeled as "shy", but it was a lot more than that.

Quote Originally Posted by Lizzie
I appreciated Lisa's remark about introverts and extroverts. I'm an introvert and definitely need to be alone to recharge.
When Justin and I are out and away from the house for awhile my anxiety wears me down and I start to get grumpy. Justin will say it's time to go home so I can 'recharge'. Just being back home makes everything better.