Does social interaction disrupt your day?

I just had an unwanted 10 minute conversation with a stranger. I'm shaking now and I can't think about anything else. It's not even that I'm worrying if I looked like a fool or anything, I just can't settle back into my routine and get my thoughts in order. Annoying. I've been through this before and it might be an hour before I feel normal again.

How about you guys?

Is it that talking doesn't bother you, or that it's easy to retreat into yourself if it does? Or do you not retreat at all?

It's embarrassing. I wish I could react normally. I mean, I did, I had like a normal conversation with someone I didn't want to talk to because that was the polite thing to do... I wish my body would behave normally about it. When my introspective bubble gets popped, it shakes me up.

On the other hand, I willingly put myself out there, knowing it might happen. I dealt with it when it did. So...good for me?

Karana wrote:I just had an unwanted 10 minute conversation with a stranger. I'm shaking now and I can't think about anything else. It's not even that I'm worrying if I looked like a fool or anything, I just can't settle back into my routine and get my thoughts in order. Annoying. I've been through this before and it might be an hour before I feel normal again.

How about you guys?

That happens every time I interact with someone outside of my immediate family, and it sometimes even happens when talking to my parents.

Hell yeah. Effectively ruins my day.

I only freak out (on the inside) as long as the unwanted social situation is happening. As soon as I'm "safe" again I'm just fine.

I have one problem though, with former friends and aquaintences. If I see one in public I will turn around, walk into the nearest shop or stare at the ground hoping that they will not see me. My heart starts pounding, my hands get sweaty and I feel a great deal of anxiety. Afterwards I always tell myself thats it's silly, but I can't think about anything other than avoiding the encounter untill I'm safe.