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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you are describing goes beyond being an introvert, you have some pretty serious social anxiety going on. Yes, your loved ones should have compassion for your struggles, but you need to meet them halfway and seek help as well. A combination of therapy and anxiety medication might do wonders for you. Or if meds aren't your thing, just the therapy. But you definitely need to seek help, it's not fair to impose this on your family and just throw up your hands.[/quote]
This. I'm an introvert daughter to a very extroverted mother. Childhood was exceptionally painful. She forced me to go to all sorts of social events. At age 8, she drug me up on the state Capitol steps as the representative child for her cause. It was debilitating. Once I left home, I was content to stay in and read books while my college peers, and later, coworkers, partied. I tried going out but would be so uncomfortable it made the evening miserable. So I understand your anxiety.
However, now that you are married and have children, you are letting your social anxiety cripple you and affect your family. Seek counseling, look into anxiety medication. I take Prozac and it helps greatly.[/quote]

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