I'm Gravely Frightened Of People.

[ShadowSolace]

I'm going to cut to the chase here. Due to being the subject to some of the very worst of human nature (literally surpised I haven't been murdered yet); that being said, I've noticed the past two months I've been increasingly timid. I live in a hot state but I dress practically like a nun when I leave the house. If a stranger looks at me I either obscure my face or try to look intimidating so they look away, and I avoid confrontation. I noticed that my problem with being people scared has increased since I stopped therapy. Now i feel like if I piss someone off enough they will either attack me or worse and idk what's going on. It's....weird. Atleast for me. I'm not usually this irrationally scared of people. I'm used to merely being reserved, not TERRIFIED. Does anyone have any advice on what I should do until I'm able to go back to a psychiatrist/psychologist?

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

People can be tiring.

I would say to start with baby steps. Maybe go out and do something you enjoy. Get used to being around people for half and hour and then slowly increase that. Going to a coffee shop and 'people watching' comes to mind. It will help you get back into being around people.

 

[ShadowSolace]

People can be tiring.

I would say to start with baby steps. Maybe go out and do something you enjoy. Get...

Thank you for the advice. I'm going to start doing that until I can be around people in public every day (like a job which I'm looking for) I need to realize that not everyone will either verbally or physically assault me just for existing like they did in high school (I was generally known as the quiet/nice girl but yeah >>' )