Social Science - 25 November 2007

I'm a 20 year old college male and I have had social anxiety all my life. I don't understand why, I mean I'm very attractive, dress nice, and have a future ahead of me, but I'm always very afraid of being in public. For example, I look out the peephole in my door to make sure no one is there when I walk out, I always eat in the cafeteria when it's empty, etc. One guy told me I looked like I was going to cry recently, which describes how nervous I look in public. It's also the reason I've never had a girlfriend and have made no friends ever in college, even though I joined a club. I've never been to a party or any real social event either as a result and just thinking about it makes me cringe. I just wish I wasn't so normal and uptight all the time and didn't think almost everyone I come across is judging me. I feel stuck and no one will ever get to know me better as a result. Now my family is very much against drugs to help, so what can I do if anything? Will I ever be normal? Thanks.

2007-11-25 13:01:58 · 5 answers · asked by surftaco700 1 in Psychology

2007-11-25 13:01:12 · 5 answers · asked by Dalila 1 in Psychology

And how do we know when its present in our lives?

2007-11-25 13:01:10 · 2 answers · asked by Melanie 2 in Psychology

1 selfish
2 neutral
3 lonely

2007-11-25 13:00:34 · 2 answers · asked by A simple thing 2 in Psychology

I think they think I am ignorant, but I am really not.

2007-11-25 12:59:15 · 3 answers · asked by Dalila 1 in Psychology

2007-11-25 12:55:28 · 1 answers · asked by <3 my nut brown maiden 1 in Psychology

I had a dream that I was trying to hook up a date for someone I used to know. She had a baby and nobody wanted to go out with her and be the father or another man's baby.

I rang the first guy, who happens to be famous. I dreamt I knew him. He said no thanks, bye.

Then I rang the second guy who was also famous and he said sure, why not.

Then my cell phone rang and it was him for me. Saying You want to go on date with me. I said sure.

He did not know I had a baby (apparently it was mine) and when he found out he felt betreayed and started crying and yelling my name.

I woke up then.

I have no kids in real life and am single.

2007-11-25 12:52:20 · 4 answers · asked by Janina 1 in Dream Interpretation

I have never been a believer of anything supernatural. I haven't been dismissive of it, but I am quite cynical. However
in the last year I have had five dreams come true. And not in abstract ways, in very specific ways that there could be no mistaking. The first time I was like "What a crazy coincidence", the second time "That's so funny", the third "This is pretty weird"... Now I'm just confused and a bit amazed. I would never claim that I could read anyone's future but I do find myself waking up each morning wondering if my dream was just that or if it was a premonition of things to come.

Am I going nuts? :)

2007-11-25 12:52:13 · 3 answers · asked by spiralling 3 in Psychology

What if anything, did you learn from it?

2007-11-25 12:50:54 · 15 answers · asked by I C 2 in Psychology

Or...what do you think will be and why: (out of these)

Child
Teen
Young Adult
Middle-Aged
Retired

2007-11-25 12:50:33 · 4 answers · asked by xoxoxoxo 3 in Other - Social Science

2007-11-25 12:49:15 · 1 answers · asked by pamela f 1 in Economics

Ok so I have this friend... we will say his name is Rob. He complained while we were walking through the mall one day, "Man! Why do all the store people follow a black man through the store like he is going to do something bad?"

Later on my friend Rob started stealing some stuff out of a store... does this give good reason to stereotypes or should I just be mad at my friend for encouraging prejudice?

2007-11-25 12:48:10 · 5 answers · asked by Dylan! 2 in Psychology

If you have one?

2007-11-25 12:43:58 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Gender Studies

When I go to sleep and dream, alot of the times the dream stops right in the middle, and I have this dream thing where I'm falling through an all black space and I'm watching myself fall in third person, and then when I reach the bottom I have this jolt in real life like I was actually falling and had just hit the bed, and I wake up. This happens almost every night, does anyone know what it means?

2007-11-25 12:42:11 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Dream Interpretation

And plz don't say that you have to answer this question or that I asked it.

2007-11-25 12:32:24 · 5 answers · asked by dumbledoresarmy35 3 in Psychology

I have had some weird wet dreams. I am 16 years old. I had a wet dream about me sucking my own p3nis. I used to actually be able to make mouth contact with just the tip of my penis, but I probably can't anymore. I haven't done this in a long time, but I have had three wet dreams about it. I know its weird, trust me, but I want some opinions on what could be going on here.

2007-11-25 12:24:56 · 7 answers · asked by updayingyang 1 in Dream Interpretation

2007-11-25 12:18:49 · 5 answers · asked by Jason R 1 in Economics

2007-11-25 12:14:06 · 7 answers · asked by chicken2008 5 in Psychology

My Sister is an actress, A good one...
She says that whenever she takes tests, She gets bad grades, because she can't concentrate in a desk...She feels that if she is onstage, taking the test, it will help her, and she will get good grades, Is this even possible?
Is there a name for something like this

2007-11-25 12:11:02 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

As a friend of mine said, "Africans look to socialism for their answers. They claim that socialism is humanism."

2007-11-25 12:10:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Social Science

Most people have children and complain about the cost of raising them, some abuse them and other forms of neglect. Knowing this do you feel we should restrict people's choice to become parents?

2007-11-25 12:01:16 · 6 answers · asked by cresponina 1 in Sociology

i am terribly shy no friends, cant talk to my relatives, and cant talk to anybody! i a 18 years old girl in college. do you think i should go to my counsler for help. if i will get courage to go what should i tell him that can you cure my shyness? how should i get help form him/her. i am tired of myself. or should i kill myself please help me? because of my shyness i am becoming very mean

2007-11-25 12:00:51 · 3 answers · asked by . . 1 in Psychology

I know this has been asked before.... but I'm really curious....

If you could live any one year of your life over again would you and why?

Also please include the year.

2007-11-25 11:48:35 · 10 answers · asked by Christa 5 in Psychology

I told him that I still miss my ex every now and then and badly. I know I should move on since it's been three years now. Do you think he's right about getting some therapy help or psychiatric help? Am I really sick? lol. I'm not going to date again until I get my priorities straight, but I'm so vulnerable to thinking of my ex now and then (who by the way has moved on since a year ago). Is my case really that bad?

2007-11-25 11:48:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

To survive they must catch fish and collect driftwood. The more fish and wood they collect the better off they are. Person A requires 1.5 hours to catch a fish and 3 hours to collect a bundle of wood. The younger person B only requires 0.5 hours to catch a fish and 1.5 hours to collect the same bundle of wood. One day, they spot a new island on the horizon with identical natural resources. Person A cannot swim but person B is an excellent swimmer and could easily inhabit the new island. Would be in the best interest (from a purely economic point of view) of person B to abandon A and move to the new island?

2007-11-25 11:47:05 · 3 answers · asked by shooterandcheech 1 in Economics

Like when I'm standing somewhere and I automatically turn and look at a person, is it because they were staring at me or is my conscious just telling me that someone is there. Usually when I turn around to look at the person, they're looking back, and other times they won't be.

2007-11-25 11:42:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2007-11-25 11:34:35 · 12 answers · asked by Christiana B 3 in Psychology

2007-11-25 11:33:07 · 2 answers · asked by djhall09459 1 in Psychology

I dream i went into a room through a window...lol im not sure how i fit but i squeezed myself in...just to open a locked door!

2007-11-25 11:28:41 · 4 answers · asked by Dreamerr girl 1 in Dream Interpretation

can you fix your own problems or is it necessary to get a third person's perspective?

2007-11-25 11:28:02 · 4 answers · asked by Alex 2 in Psychology