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mattsonn · 01-10-2007, 04:57 AM

I tend to get mild anxiety when I'm in a new environment or have to learn a new task. I've only recently become fully aware of it, but thinking back, I realize that this is something that I've had all of my life. A natural predisposition against new things, and a predisposition towards the familiar. I probably got it from my mom.

But doing new stuff is an essential part of my life. And on a conscious level, I really enjoy it. But that doesn't stop me from feeling a background level of anxiety any time that my brain detects something new. It prevents me from genuinely feeling comfortable in such a situation--I have to act it.

Most people I know don't have this problem. To me, this is just one more issue that I need to address and resolve.

Can anyone relate?

01-10-2007, 04:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
mattsonn Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 154	Overcoming anxiety with new things I tend to get mild anxiety when I'm in a new environment or have to learn a new task. I've only recently become fully aware of it, but thinking back, I realize that this is something that I've had all of my life. A natural predisposition against new things, and a predisposition towards the familiar. I probably got it from my mom. But doing new stuff is an essential part of my life. And on a conscious level, I really enjoy it. But that doesn't stop me from feeling a background level of anxiety any time that my brain detects something new. It prevents me from genuinely feeling comfortable in such a situation--I have to act it. Most people I know don't have this problem. To me, this is just one more issue that I need to address and resolve. Can anyone relate?