(05-15-2015, 11:43 AM)Aris Wrote: Just to clarify and hopefully ease your concerns, I went into a bit more detail regarding shyness not because of anything you've said but in regards to mental illness sometimes being an 'accessory' nowadays (in culture in general, not necessarily roleplaying). Shyness/anxiety is one of the easiest example of that, and I felt it important to reinforce the distinction between the two and hopefully explain how serious it can be for anyone who doesn't know already.I actually thought you were calling me out for my post *phew* I honestly dislike talking to anybody outside of the internet (and even then, I still sometimes feel really sick, even if I'm comfortable with the community). I rarely leave my room at home, and when I have to I take my headphones and music, that way I avoid communication, and I don't look at other people (in the eyes at least, I avoid looking at people altogether unless there's no choice, and for this reason along with my appearance I've been labelled a psychopath and a future murderer in high school, but meh) until going back up to my room, checkout at a store or whatever. When I communicate with family, it's a sentence or two and then I go upstairs. With people on the internet. I can talk with, but I mostly listen to them, chiming in when they want me to.
I hope that makes sense.
It is a personal subject for many of us, but imo it's interesting (although a bit strange) to see mental illness in RP being discussed in a practical way and not have had the thread go downhill.
I don't stutter, so I'm not really sure what it is that's wrong with me, or what it's classified as.
