Dear Captain Awkward, My problem boils down to this: can I say no, or do I have to be polite? I’m not a social person. I don’t have friends at the moment. The reasons for that are many –mostly boiling down to…
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#479: Trying to be more social when you have serious dietary restrictions
Dear Captain, I’m in a very happy long term relationship. The biggest problem we face is we’re both introverts, and have some social anxiety along with it. It’s hard to make friends, but we’re trying. We’re very geeky, so we’re…
Tagged with: anxiety, Event planning, food, health, Meetup
Posted in Manners, Meetups, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
Posted in Manners, Meetups, Personal Safety, Reader Questions, Social Interactions
#477: I have anxiety that women will have anxiety about me approaching them.
Comments are now closed on this discussion. I am leaving this answer (& discussion) here – don’t believe in erasing mistakes or pretending they didn’t happen. But putting it behind a cut-tag for sure. For a better answer to this…
Guest Post! What to expect when you call a helpline/hotline.
Back when we changed the format for submitting questions, I strongly encouraged people who were currently experiencing a crisis to call a hotline or helpline and talk to a friendly person rather than wait for me to sort through the…
Tagged with: health, Helpline, hotline, Support group, Telephone line, Violence and Abuse, Volunteer
Posted in Abuse, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions
Posted in Abuse, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions
#446 and #447: Aging, family, and boundaries
Dear Captain Awkward: I’m having a bit of trouble with my parents. To start off with, I’m in my mid-40s and have been living on my own since I was 19. My parents are in their late 60s. They’re both…
Tagged with: Boundaries, hoarding, mental illness, parents, time management
Posted in Families, Manners, Mental Health, Parents, Personal Safety, Reader Questions
Posted in Families, Manners, Mental Health, Parents, Personal Safety, Reader Questions
#440: “It’s time to get out of my abusive home, but I am afraid to accept help.”
Ahoy thar. Cliff notes time! Over the past four years, I: – dropped out of high school for Multiple Reasons – got a fantastic very-part-time clerical job which, although I don’t **LOVE** it 24/7, has great co-workers and doesn’t take…
Tagged with: child abuse, emotional abuse, family, Friendship, Parent, Roommate
Posted in Abuse, Families, Feminism, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions
Posted in Abuse, Families, Feminism, Mental Health, Personal Safety, Reader Questions
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