Think about how you have treated both strangers and people you know to answer this question accurately. e.g.: If you say you like people but constantly avoid talking or doing any activity with other people do you actually like people?

  • orgrinrt@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    In general, I adore and like people. Capable of such beautiful things!

    I like seeing people smile and interacting with them in order to absorb that light and shine it back. And if none seem to be there, I like to try and get one going.

    But I get anxious where there are masses of people present. City streets. Malls. Campuses.

    It’s not that I suddenly dislike people. I just get overwhelmed with my adhd and base quirks, too much stimuli and too much of everything going on everywhere.

    I love people as individuals for the most part, i.e unless they specifically give a reason not to. Many do give that reason, unfortunately. But the vast majority never do, in my (privileged?) experience, which is amazing and exciting to me.

    But I tend to avoid masses of people. Not because I dislike them, but because I dislike the anxiety I gain.