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m38967 · 09-21-2007, 01:26 AM

Hi---Christian: Are you saying that you're not able to concentrate when folks talk to you? Or are you saying that you're not particularly interested in certain people and what they are saying?

If it is the latter, then i can relate to you, within the last year or so, i have been having the same issue. It is not with everyone, mostly strangers. It's like im afraid of them, and dont want to get to know them or them to get to know me. I tend to not hold long conversations with people i barely know or like with friends of friends i dont know, im not interested and dont want to hear it. Not in a bad way, more like an intimacy issue.

09-21-2007, 01:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
m38967 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mother Earth Posts: 15	maybe intimacy issues.... Hi---Christian: Are you saying that you're not able to concentrate when folks talk to you? Or are you saying that you're not particularly interested in certain people and what they are saying? If it is the latter, then i can relate to you, within the last year or so, i have been having the same issue. It is not with everyone, mostly strangers. It's like im afraid of them, and dont want to get to know them or them to get to know me. I tend to not hold long conversations with people i barely know or like with friends of friends i dont know, im not interested and dont want to hear it. Not in a bad way, more like an intimacy issue.