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In reply to the discussion: Outside the Facebook wall [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)58. Thank you for
describing exactly how I feel about this also.
I wasn't sure of how to word it.
I want social interaction...but then I don't.
Connecting via Facebook gives me the level and type of social interaction I can deal with and control because of social anxiety disorder.
I can make a comment every now and then, or "like" someone's post or photo.
I stay in the loop without feeling overwhelmed by anxiety.
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And I'm eight. Since my family are all right wing nutty repubs I just had to get off of Facebook.
monmouth3
Mar 2013
#7
Isn't this like someone in 1970 complaining about all his friends using telephones.
Johonny
Mar 2013
#15
I didn't say my friends on Facebook are being narcissists, and don't pretend that I did.
klook
Mar 2013
#18
I always thought of FB and Twitter as something for people without lives to follow those with lives
thetruthhurtsforsome
Mar 2013
#28
I have a dummy account but being a techno-moron, I never thought I had to take any precautions.
snagglepuss
Mar 2013
#54