What Makes You Nervous?

[LadyDestani]

Lots of things make me nervous. Probably the most frequent and stressful ones are:

- Being in crowds
- Meeting new people
- Public speaking
- Talking on the phone
- Being put on the spot (like being asked a question during a meeting when I wasn't prepared)
- Traveling

 

[King koopa]

It's uh a little disturbing so I put a Spoiler

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For me it's meeting new people because I think they will immediately call me the n word, and because i don't know them and I don't know what they will say so it makes me nervous

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I get super nervous too when people watch me draw.. but only when I'm just starting out the drawing. I think that was one of the biggest things I hated about art school; professors that would hover and watch you draw/paint.

Besides that, I get nervous a lot of the time when I go outside. I always feel like everyone's watching me. Even having the blinds on my window open makes me nervous. I get nervous when I have to go to appointments. I get nervous when talking to new people (in person or audio).. a lot of things make me nervous

4 years later and this still holds up. Grocery stores definitely make me nervous, especially during the day

 

[dizzy bone]

A lot of new social situations outside my immediate circle make me a little nervous. I have no problems holding a conversation generally, it's just that my self esteem plummeted during the pandemic with regards to job and financial insecurity. I get really nervous when people start talking about how they were doing or coping during the pandemic, which is like 90% of conversation starters/topics now (in my experience). I don't want to seem like a buzzkill when they ask me, but it's also tiring pretending everything is fine.

Also it's monsoon season where I live and I'm always nervous I'll get stuck in heavy rain on the way home since I have to carry my iPad and electronics on me and our taxis/cabs here are rickshaws exposed to the elements lol.

 

[nightglow]

Being watched when doing things. I absolutely hate it.

 

[Stella-Io]

Alot, tbh.

New people

New situations outside of places I know

Strangers talking to me, esp grown men who are taller than me

People asking me weird questions

Yelling, angry and/or violent people even if it isn't directed at me

Going on websites that aren't big name sites like Twitter or Amazon, esp if they look like a crappily made website with a black backround and coloured words (can blame my parents for this one)

People walking behind me

People being quiet when in a setting where they normally talk

Dark rooms

The back room in the early morning hours with the light off cause it's dark (can blame a bad dream for this one)

Walking throu the house at like 3am in the dark when everyone else is asleep just to get a drink of water so I can go back to sleep (this happens often)

Talking, which makes me mess up more

People watching me. Not like 'oh I feel like everyone is watching me' no like, someone actually watching me, watching what I'm doing, like a manager or somethin, judging me as I'm doing a task. I mean a stranger watching someone is pretty bad too.

Also my mom. She'll say things that before it being said, I would have been fine, but now that she said it I'll be nervous. Like she'll ask me to check outside if one of the security cameras went off or somethin, or she heard a noise throu the camera. Her nervousness and paranoia rub off on me sometimes. I'll be chill then boom, nervous cause especially said somethin.

I prob don't seem like it online or even in person, but I can be a real messy ball of nervousness sometimes.

 

[nyx~]

Talking. Especially in front of a group of people or to someone I've never spoken to before. In school when my teacher starts randomly calling on people I start freaking out inside like "what if it's me? what if I don't know the answer?" Presentations are awful too cause everyone staring at me makes me talk extremely fast to just get it over with.

I'm not as nervous doing it as the situations above but phone calls too. It bothers me that I can't see the person's facial expression when I'm talking to them. It's hard to tell someone's reaction just by their voice to me, so I'm constantly thinking if I said something wrong or plan what I'm going to say as a bad habit.

A lot of other things make me nervous as well but talking is the worst.

 

[Xara]

more like what doesn’t make me nervous. public speaking/presentations, school, any sort of socialization, being watched while doing something, not knowing how a situation is going to turn out, my family, the list goes on and on. :/

 

[Dunquixote]

more like what doesn’t make me nervous. public speaking/presentations, school, any sort of socialization, being watched while doing something, not knowing how a situation is going to turn out, my family, the list goes on and on. :/

This! You worded it so perfectly how I feel. I have severe anxiety — general and social and OCD, and pretty much everything makes me nervous.I think I mentioned leaving home makes me nervous even when it is just to go grocery shopping. Voicing my opinion, asking questions, ordering food at a restaurant, looking at people in the eye.Then there is nerves about my personal circumstances.

 

[Beanz]

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[LittleMissPanda]

okay here we go:

• People watching me do stuff, like tasks in general. It just feels like I'm being tested and they just can't wait for me to mess up.
• A lot of activity such as people moving from here to there, coming in and out of doors, etc.
• Doors - I hate when they're left wide open or ajar. Especially while I'm trying to sleep because I suffer from sleep paralysis.
• Flies, dragonflies, bees/wasps and mosquitoes. I turn into a huge spaz whenever there's one near me.
• Being asked questions. I tend to really overthink and no matter what answer I give it just feels like I'm wrong and look stupid.
• Elevators - not so much about confined spaces, but the idea that I'm going to get stuck with no way out. Or that it will suddenly drop like 10 stories...
• Speaking to someone I haven't spoken to in ages - it's real awkward and uncomfortable because I never know what to say, or what they will say.

 

[VanitasFan26]

This is going to get personal but here it is

1. Whenever I have to plan appointments but then something unexpected happens and I have to reschedule

2. When someone tells me "We need to talk" I always assume the worst outcome

3. When I am playing a game I always have to pick up the pace because of the timer running out

4. Being asked questions about "What I do for a living" seriously I am not really that good of answering those type of questions.

5. Whenever I'm having a very bad day I try to smile and act like everything is okay when I'm around happy people.

 

[inazuma]

I get sooo nervous when older people like teachers and parents said "come here" or "the principal called you" oh my God.



And when the teacher called my parents. Even though Its about other thing but still. Collecting report card. Looking at my Exam scores.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

A lot makes me nervous really. I was always a very nervous person, starting from a very young age.

However, I'd have to say that what makes me nervous the most is not making it out there in life.

 

[Dunquixote]

Whenever there is something I’m not looking forward to like going to the doctor’s on friday, I get nervous. Also nervous about not finding my figure’s sword that my mom lost. :/

I get nervous too when talking to someone I haven’t talked to for awhile that I should be staying in touch, like personal friends.

When I stay up later than my mom would like me to, I get nervous she’ll see me still up.

Bugs make me nervous — any kind and grossed out.

I get nervous when I see pictures of cats outside since I’ve heard enough stories from people who didn’t know better than to tell me when something bad happened to a cat. and just knowing the possibilities, I can’t help but be anxious for every cat. I think cats should stay indoors. I love cats too much .

 

[BluebearL]

If I am asked to sing in front of people, this includes people I am close to such as immediate family and friends. I have taken singing lessons for years and enjoy it very much... but for some reason, I have this weird mental block (part of my anxiety) that makes me completely terrified to have anyone hear my voice. I have tried really, really hard to do it but no sound comes out. It becomes physically impossible, I genuinely have no idea how to sing in front of people. Sounds very silly but it's just another strange element of my anxiety and ptsd disorders.

 

[Princess Mipha]

Would be more easy to list what doesn't make me nervous, but here are some of the top things that make me nervous:

Crowded places. We never know what people have in their mind and with all those recent events, that makes it even more scary..
also I'm very introverted, so having many people around me makes me very very nervous.

Loud places. As soon as a place is becoming too loud for my liking, I will sadly get so nervous that I will tear up and need to leave..

High places. I'm scared of height. But what makes me really nervous about it, is when someone of my loved ones is going near a border / fence to get a better view. I'm always soo nervous that they fall somehow..

Deep water / Water where I can't see the ground or touch it. Just recently in my holidays, I went into a lake and my fiancé was able to stand, but me I couldn't see the ground and couldn't feel it either (height difference), so I got really nervous.. I need to see what is under me.

Countryroads. They are so tight and sometimes you can't see far. It makes me so nervous, especially when I'm not the one driving.

 

[inazuma]

This thing makes me really nervous now.

Days ago, my place gets shook by an earthquake when i was about to sleep at 5am after morning prayers. Im still very shocked, sad and scared. Its nothing big, not a big earthquake, my place just get the effect of other place earthquake. Im still scared because i keep thinking if it will happen again, and i cant help myself from thinking about it. Everyday i keep getting scared and touching the ground if Its moves or not and everyday Its getting worse, my stomach hurts alot and my heart beat is high. Can someone helps me? I cant afford online medications and stuff, i just need someone here with me to calm me down...

 

[Weebgirlstan]

im a person with a anxiety disorder so a lot of things make me nervous

 

[PacV]

-When people start yelling for no reason.

-When people start asking you questions out of nowhere.

-When unknown people gets to close.

-When someone walks behind me.

-When i need to do something quick and right and myself just decide is a good time to start being me...