Intimidation

[vvvexation]

I usually hesitate to participate in "say something about me" memes because they feel too much like fishing for compliments, but I think this one actually bleeds over into useful "figure out how I'm coming across to people, and perhaps see if there are any incorrect impressions I could fix" territory.

So...comment either on this entry (where comments will be screened, unless permission given to unscreen) or over here (where they won't be, and possibly lots of strangers will read them), and tell me what you find intimidating about me. If anything. Or hell, you can tell me why I'm not intimidating if you'd rather.

Comments

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Yeah...the "warm" thing is hard for me, somehow. I can do it in business situations, but when I'm first meeting people socially, I'm hesitant to be overly friendly at random. Now that I think about it, I think part of the reason is that I'm afraid of getting trapped in awkward conversations. Rather than initiate an interaction by greeting someone, it's easier to wait until spoken to, or until a conversation starts up between other people and I can just join in.

Huh. I hadn't previously realized it was a particular kind of social phobia, and not just social phobia in general, that was behind that. Cool, more brain data.