Re: Self Esteem.
Originally Posted by
MKJ
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Well I may as well chip in as I'm afraid I'm flawed as well
. Well I don't want to miss out
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Perhaps you haven't heard of this one but I suffer from 'sociophobia'. This means I am extremely hypersensitive to everything related to us humans - body language, comments etc - to the point that I can be over stimulated and suffer breakdowns. No doubt you can see it from my postings where I rip every single sentence apart and also think intensely about who wrote it in the first place. With body language and close contact I pick up even more information from someone - far too much in fact. I am like the Sherlock Holmes of people's feelings and thoughts. This means I have to avoid too many people at times else I can get swamped with stuff.
Funny enough low self esteem has never been my problem as I'm delighted to be who I am. I am in effect my own best friend
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We sure are a funny lot us human beings.
I can understand that as I'm am an incurable people-watcher, human behaviour fascinates me (quirky behaviour that is, not the everyday stuff). I used to go to a pentecostal church in my early 20s and the deacon was a female, a very nice lady. We were chatting one day and she said that I reminded her of Mary Magdelane - I reminded her that being in church wouldn't necessarily be of benefit if she didn't explain herself
she laughed and said it's that I am very quiet and observe everything that is going on and must have a good insight into people. I'd started to take that as a compliment until, as she walked away, she said 'and it's very unnerving'