OMG I am so awkward ... Is this inner-monologue normal?

[Anonymous]

Thanks to everyone for the really supportive comments. (this is OP). I'm glad to hear that I'm not entirely alone with this and that people thing that others probably don't notice it that much if at all. I looked up the symptoms of aspergers and I'm almost like the opposite of those symptoms. Like where that causes a person to struggle with recognizing people's emotions and social cues, I'm almost hyper aware of them and just tend to overanalyze every little thing. Exhausting. I'm going to be doing some soul searching on this to see if its something I can address on my own or if I need help. I'm ready to let this go.

[Anonymous]

OP and PPs, I'm glad you started this post. This is how I often feel too. Like one PP said, my difficulty lies in the small talk. If I have speak about something work-related, I'm fine. If it's regular chit-chat, I'm horribly awkward. I totally get the inner monologue. I have one too. Since becoming a parent, I've really tried to break out of my comfort zone as much as possible so that my children are well-socialized. So far, my oldest has been described as outgoing. I sometimes wish I had my child's lack of self-consciousness. Sigh.....

[Anonymous]

Is over-analyzing a form of OCD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sometimes become really too aware of everything else besides the convo and start thinking, "Okay, this is getting weird" when the other person starts behaving weird or I sense something is amiss. For ex, there's this guy I know who starts darting his eyes side to side when he is talking to you and that makes me uncomfortable so I react weirdly back and try not to make too much eye contact. And both of us can sense the convo is not going well. Some days he is calm and his eyes don't move like that and that's when we have normal conversations.

This. I have had this happen with certain people and I used to know ways to make people feel more comfortable--ask them about themselves (NOT "where do you work"), like: how are they doing with the weather, maybe.

[Anonymous]

I'm highly social and confident, and feel this sometimes - not often, but sometimes. I always thought I was a tad ADD.