Yes. It's a struggle because I want to be out there but I just really can't idk.
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Originally posted by KESTER
Not really..
I can hold a conversation but if I'm not interested I really suck
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That is a form of social awkwardness. If you aren't engaged in the discussion then you'll most likely fail in the social environment.
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Originally posted by Mezter
I'm in between. If someone talks to me, I'll continue the conversation, but if not, I just sit there.  |
That's also a form of social awkwardness. It's not the inability to be outgoing and talk to people, it's the fact that you can't engage yourself in a social situation on your own. someone else has to do it.
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Originally posted by Chrome
I'm shy but I can open up if you talk to me...
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being shy and being socially awkward are not the same thing.
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Originally posted by lOveLyaS
Awkward is my middle name... it's my name on facebook too!!! ummm it happens especially with strangers... I will act or say the opposite of what i wanna de maybe because i'm shy... but people won't think i'm shy they will think bad things about me.... like i don't like them or something like that
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Originally posted by ryanpittman97
Not really, I'm shy once I'm comfortable around you I'm a social butterfly.
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being shy is not the same thing as being socially awkward. 
you can be awkward in a social situation yet still be more of a vibrant and lively person when you're in a situation you're familiar with. that doesn't mean you're more social. in fact, that means you're less social. you're more open around people you know rather than strangers.
most of ya'll thinking that being shy is the exact same thing. It's not. if you're shy you're just nervous around a lot of people but that doesn't mean you can't be social.
social awkwardness is simply being a radical introvert. being socially awkward means you can't carry a conversation because you take too long to vocalize your thoughts. it also means you tend to forget that being social involves other people in the conversation, so sometimes the things you say might come off as brazen and prudish when you're simply just adding to the conversation. it doesn't mean you're devoid of feelings, you just don't naturally consider how other people might feel or think in a social situation.
people like this respond to their social awkwardness in different ways, it's never one kind of way you'd see that defines how all socially awkward people are like. as long as you don't really excel in a social environment (NOT that you're shy necessarily) where you can't start the conversation first and you can't be engaged in a topic that doesn't interest you (to be fair not many people can it just depends on the topic) then you might be socially awkward. you'd have to do more research to know for sure, though.
EDIT: having a comfort zone with certain people you don't mind being social with doesn't mean you're awkwardness disappears. you can still be socially awkward in a familiar environment, it just doesn't drain you as much. i think in the instance where you're much tamer around other people but you're more open with family and friends means you're more introverted than extroverted. you get more energy from being in a familiar environment and with familiar faces than you would around strangers.
But I can hold a conversation for a loooooooong time if it's started.