Sometimes, I have such a hard time being social. It's strange because I'm such a social person. I'm a people person even though talking to people I don't know can give me anxiety. I have such a need for others' acceptance. Something I've always dealt with. Why I was a teacher's pet, why I never got in trouble at school, why I take it very personally when ANYONE even gets annoyed with me.

I'm getting better. But still.

Lately, I've noticed that I will be focusing on something or thinking about something that has nothing to do with the conversation at hand, and I'll only really be listening for a couple words so I know the jist of what's being said and I can give some sort of input so the other person thinks I'm paying attention.

I do it with my friends, even. It's terrible; I hate myself for doing it, but I catch myself doing it too late in the conversation.

Or have you ever had it when one friend is talking to you, and you're trying to focus on that when someone else comes up and either says something or does something and you don't realize right away because you're talking to the other friend, and you feel like the second person is upset that you weren't paying attention to them and you just feel upset because you can't listen to both conversations at once.

This has been happening more often than I'd like lately, but I'm not sure what I can do about it to stop it.