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  • in reply to: To change your demeanor: Quiet and Calm #82172
    mimicus
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    Hi Annie and welcome to TinyBuddha. First of all, thank you for this, I’m just glad someone does:

    >P.S. opposites attract. When I was super confident, loud, and out going I met my recent partner who was shy, quiet, and cool. He is an introvert. I love introverts.

    Please don’t take this the wrong way but our personalities are kind of ingrained in us – we cannot often change that (powerful events that happen to us might but it can happen, you can’t make them happen). So if being impulsive is a part of your personality, I’m sorry but you can’t change that – the best you can probably do is learn to accept and love that about yourself.

    But you said that you were quiet and reserved so you are probably an introvert yourself. This had happened to me a while ago – I had gotten really impulsive and I’d start arguing with people and then end up feeling bad about it, over-analyzing it over and over again in my head until it drove me crazy.

    The way I changed that was by being aware of myself, like really aware, constantly examining myself i.e. how I was standing (my posture which can play a really huge part in how we’re feeling), what I was saying, what amount of stress/anxiety was I under, etc. Once you can learn to do that, you can learn to analyse when you are getting impulsive and keep it under check.

    Hope it helps.

    in reply to: Considerations for a Life Alone #75761
    mimicus
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    Hi Olic, I’m sort of in the same boat as you. While I haven’t experienced being in a relationship, I’ve observed and started noticing recently that I never had any interest in doing so ever in my life (I haven’t been attracted enough to anyone to do it). And I’m honestly planning to keep it that way because as some have said here, being in a relationship is overrated, especially considering how the “there is someone for everyone” advice gets tossed around.

    I think you should consider the idea of any bitterness being left behind from the last relationship that you mentioned you were in and once you are clear that you don’t have any, try to analyse the situation in a more practical light – do you not feel any physical attraction to any woman i.e. is it possible that you are asexual? Or do you feel only physical attraction but no romantic attraction – something that is called being an “aromantic”?

    I don’t think it is wrong in any way for a person to lead a life alone, as I said, I’m doing it and I’m planning on continuing to do so. As long as you are occupied and do not see the situation in a negative way, you should be good. It doesn’t really have to be set in stone though – if you ever come across someone who you like, you can always go ahead with what you feel like.

    in reply to: regret over (simple!) mistakes #74789
    mimicus
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    I kinda have a similar problem but I feel the regret after I have purchased something. When I’m uncertain about buying something or when I’m totally certain but someone tells me otherwise, I just can’t get over the guilt. For instance, I joined a training course at the beginning of the year and when I did, I felt like I paid a fair price for the courses that I opted for. I started my classes and one of the guys there told me how his friend paid a lot less for a similar course (similar, not the same). Since then, I haven’t been over the guilt and I even called the company yesterday to demand a refund only to be told that the company has a no-refund policy! 🙁

    When I try thinking about why I feel the regret, it is usually because I end up feeling wronged, as if someone blatantly cheated/robbed me and hurt my self-esteem/ego and how I couldn’t do anything about it. It can happen for things ranging from petty prices to costlier stuff.

    So just know that you are not alone in your misery.

    mimicus
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    I’m glad my experience could help you Crystal. I can relate more to you problem than you can think. I have anxiety issues as well, specifically, social anxiety. When I read you post about you getting sick because of the presence of windows, I could imagine myself in your place and going through it myself if I were there.

    The reason I felt the need to take the time and hence, decided not to take the job even if I get considered is because I want to work on my issues first before I can start to build my career – stuff like my confidence, self-esteem and of course, get rid of anxiety issues.

    mimicus
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    Funny that I should find this post when I did because I went through something similar about two days ago. Thank you for posting this.

    It’s pretty early in the morning but I just couldn’t resist logging in and posting a reply. Forgive me if I start rambling because my brain hasn’t started running at full power yet.

    I hadn’t applied to any jobs in the past year when some of my friends/peers have already found jobs and have started working. I just felt that I should wait for the right thing to come along. So when I saw this ad on a job seeking website, I got excited and instantly applied for it. The job just felt perfect for my abilities, my background and my experience in the field. It was my first job application ever and I didn’t know what to expect.

    I got an email saying that I will be contacted by phone and would have to go through a telephonic interview. And so I waited for them to call me.

    When I did receive the call (I believe it was the boss himself who called me because it was a small/medium-sized start-up, exactly the kind of place that I wanted my first job to be), I got nervous. I tend to stammer when I get nervous (I’ve had speech issues ever since I was a child and because of that, I don’t usually talk on the phone much even with people I’m comfortable talking to. And that made me more nervous) and even though it has almost gone away over the years, I was too focussed on trying not to stammer than what I was supposed to talk about. So instead of telling him what my strengths are and how I could benefit his company, I went on to blabber about meaningless crap. I answered casual questions with more content (like what my hobbies are? when I was asked to talk about my family, etc.) than the professional, work-related questions. He mentioned some “red flags” in my profile that I could have easily turned around to my advantage but I sort of fixated on the fact that he saw them as negatives when they really should have been positives. I believe a lot of blank spaces and miscommunication happened as well which sort of ruined it for me. So by the time the call ended, I ended up feeling like he didn’t get to know who I was the faintest bit and the call was like a random call with a stranger, sort of like when you call customer support, a one-time call. It sucked.

    After that horrible day ended, I took a step back and re-analyzed my situation. It turns out that I didn’t really want to take a job for at least the next half year and hence, was trying to avoid the job anyway. So I think it turned out in my favor after all.

    For you, I think you can try the same – take a step back and from a third person’s point of view, analyze what went well and what didn’t. Try to find out why the job was your dream job so you can find more offers like the one. Also, make sure that you are absolutely ready to take the job. Lastly, failures happen so if it does happen, know that there’s another job waiting for you to take it (think practically, the job wasn’t the last job posting of its kind in the world, right? It can’t be).

    Do your best and happy job hunting. 🙂

    in reply to: My hidden motives for finding a "belonging" #72177
    mimicus
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    Thank you for the responses Moongal and Kim.


    @Kim
    , I’m glad that you could relate with me and more so that you are over those feelings and are able to approach people and make friends without judgement because it sucks to be here. I’m sure that you have mentioned in your post about how you got over those things but do you mind elaborating a little again? Was it just therapy that helped you get rid of them?

    As I said before, my insecurities are deep rooted and I could pin point a million things that could have caused them – not being accepted at school, not being good enough for my family – ever, constantly being compared to my peers by my mother from a very young age, not finding acceptance among my cousins… so many things.

    One of the things that I think about most often could be the fact that I see friendship with a certain kind of people as the proverbial green grass on the other side. As I’ve never been friends with them and more importantly, as I’ve had such a surreal life (in a bad way), I see their exterior and see how happy they are and I feel like I want the “normalcy” that they have – the connection to the real world, if you will.

    Thanks again for the responses.

    in reply to: Is this ever going to end? #69827
    mimicus
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    Adam, thanks a lot. That was really helpful and I will have to go through your post, a few times, really slowly, to be able to absorb everything you have said. Thanks again.

    Lilly, it isn’t really about academics. One of the things that I have been really proud of (one of the things that helped me get out of the ‘darkness’) was the belief that I could do so much better than everyone else with less than half the amount of effort that they put in. On the personal front, I have and I am still doing very well, a lot better than my peers who do better than me in academics.

    What I seem to lack, I think, is the personal belief in myself. I talked about getting a job in my first post. I started freelancing in my first year of college and I started doing so well that I didn’t even need a job. One of the things that most excited me about completing my studies was that I could be actually free and on my own and wouldn’t have to follow the rules that the society sets for us (like getting a job right after college, pursuing higher studies, etc). I could finally start living my life as I have wanted to and I could look forward to doing the things that I like, like pursuing a hobby (I’ve had this travel bug that has started to nibble really bad now), maybe entrepreneurship (creating jobs instead of competing for one, etc).

    But I get carried away with what I’m told to do instead of what I want to do. If a friend tells me that they got hired, instead of being happy for them, I start getting anxious that I haven’t found one yet (even when I know that I haven’t tried).

    Finally, I see people trying really hard and working crappy jobs their entire life just to get through (I can sense their desperation) and I end up putting myself in their place (in my head) and go through all the scenarios that I could face if I were ever stuck in something like that. I start equating my “hard work” with “plain luck” and start fearing that all that I have today may be gone in an instant or that someone else could have also done what I did and could have been better at it, only if they knew about it. The reason that I posted after so long was because of this exact reason. There are people who have the exact qualification as I do, have scored as much as I have (if not more), have gotten their degrees from a better college and are possibly more talented than I am and they still end up with crappy lives, working their whole lives with no one to even complain about it. What if that person is me?

    in reply to: Am I the worst person on the planet? #63449
    mimicus
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    @Matt Remember how when we were kids we didn’t have to “try” to make friends and they just somehow happened? I don’t remember initiating a single friendship my entire life – either they were initiated by the other person or it just somehow happened. I know it’s kinda crazy to want something that you had as a kid but what can I say? I guess I do.

    And as far as being the worst person part goes, I see every kind of person with a friend – tall, short, fat, thin, dark, fair, good and even bad – why can’t I have it? There must be something wrong with me right? Maybe I’m the worst person on the planet.

    @AlkiBen I tried going out too but like you, it ended up doing the exact opposite of what it was supposed to do – I almost always end up feeling crappier. I don’t think I need to change myself, I’ve never thought that. But seeing how “just being myself” never seems to work, I think something IS wrong with me and I need to. Moreover, I think I’, missing all these opportunities for some potentially amazing friendships. I’m almost at the end of my college and I don’t have a single good friend to take from it – something that was supposed to be the happiest years of my life (it wasn’t even close). I know this won’t matter as much 10 years down the line if everything turns out fine but if it doesn’t, I fear I’ll end up regretting every last chance I had to make a friend.


    @Karen
    Yes, I have accepted being an introvert and it cushions my pain a lot of the time – the idea that I don’t need as many friends or relationships as the people around me. I’d even go as far to say that I thought low of people who indulge in all the showy pretense of being social and hung out with people and weren’t “more serious” with their lives and whatnot. But I guess I can’t kill the human in me who has a basic primal need to be social.

    I’m not shy and it often irritates me that people associate introverts with shyness. I’m not shy by a far shot; I just have problems initiating conversations and stuff like that.

    As far as the online socializing ideas go, I’ve tried looking for some but I couldn’t find anything of interest. When I do, either I’m busy or I end up finding out that the even just passed. But I’ll keep trying anyway. Thanks for the suggestion.

    And finally, your suggestion about talking to the next person seems… erm… what’s the word here… I just can’t. I think I have anxiety too and if I find myself sitting in about 3 ft of another person, I end up putting up this facade where I pretend I’m busy thinking about something very important or what’s going outside is more interesting. I’ve even “pretended” to sleep so many times! As for conversing with random strangers go, I just don’t see what I could potentially talk to them about. Also, what adds to the whole problem is that I’ve had very little new interaction with people as in, I haven’t really interacted with strangers in strange situations and when on to be friends. All of my former friends till date have been my neighbors, schoolmates, etc. So when someone shows some kind of interest in trying to approach me, I take it as all sorts of things. Like just the other day, these two girls were talking to each other (I was siting near them) and both of them took turns looking/staring at me to see if I’d respond in some way (maybe). It made me extremely uncomfortable up to the point where after a while, I came to the conclusion that they were trying to “bully” me and I decided to totally ignore them.

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