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How do I look normalw ith my eye movement etc?


I suffer from a disorder called Social Anxiety Disorder, and I feel like everyone is looking at me sometimes. Its hard to explain, and really nerve racking sometimes. My question is how do I look normal in public? Sometimes I get so caught up with my anxiety I forget whats really happening. How do I look normal with eye movement and everything? Please help me I think when im nervous I just look forward and at nobody with no eye contact n look weird plz help

I've had the same thing for about 15 years, so I can tell you a few answers even if I don't seem to follow them myself (I *would*, but the government would stop all my benefits - Joke!)

The chief problem lies within your question itself - you feel that you aren't acting 'normal', so everybody stares at you, which makes you self-conscious, which makes you over-analyse how you look (which makes you feel that you aren't acting 'normal'.....etc.)

The secret way out of this is to remember that nobody (except maybe Superman) can see how you *feel* when you go out for, say, a walk in the park, but you will be more likely to be noticed if you act noticably twitchy or afraid; and let's face it, most strangers are not outside simple to stare at passers-by - they are going to work, or going home, or shopping or whatever, and don't pay you more than the half-second glance that they give everybody.

The same applies to you, with a couple of additions. Firstly, glance at people as you go by - a half-second look at their face and no more is perfectly natural - and if you happen to make eye-contact remember that it's just a coincidence that you looked at them at the same time as they looked at you. They were almost certainly NOT STARING at you!
Secondly, if (or when) you start to feel anxious, take a few *discreet* deep breaths - this sounds like an old-wives tale but it really does work to make you feel slightly more relaxed.
As a more permanent solution, you may have to find an answer to the question of why you feel anxious in the first instance - but that's something only you can solve!

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