What is wrong?

[songoffaith]

Okay i am not sure if this is the right place to post this topic.I need some insight on my problem.First off I am an 17 year old male.I guess my problem is that I cant control my emotions.I am way too emotional in certain situations.I would be calm one mintue but then I will feel anxiety building up and I would start to lose my composure(facial expression would change and I will get teary eyed)It would take a mintue or two to calm down and I would get my composure back(this usually only happens around social settings among people i dont know)This doesnt mean that i am afriad to talk to strangers because most of the time i am not.I make friends easily but i would say maybe one time a day i would just feel a burst of energy and get overwhelmed.I also get hurt way too easy.For exmaple, I was in a class and we were passing around papers.There was this girl sitting next to me and I tried giving her the paper but she seemed to ignore me and i just left it there.More papers came and this time I asked her "do you want to look through these papers"(to my surprise my tone of voice was very hurt because i guess i thought she was ignoring me)she wasnt she was just so caught up in her work.I acuatlly find that very amusing and I really surprise that i let that get to me.I am not really one to dwell on my problems i know everyone has them.I go to school,i work,i play sports and do the things i love. I probably already suspect whats wrong and it probably has to do with some self esteem issues and aniexty.

[musicfreak247]

Wow you sound exactly like me, only I'm an 18 year old girl, senior in high school.
All I've found to help is music and reading, sorry I don't have anything more.

[Abbey40]

Listen to margypops, she has wonderful advise.Keep them laughing, you'll relax to.

[songoffaith]

Yeah i admit that i am probably very sensitive and im okay with that but I hate it when I am in a new class and all of a sudden i go from calm and normal to the brink of tears without any reason.Whevener this happens i start to think that people must think that i am weird or something and i have the fear that i am going to lose control of emotions in an embrassing manner.

thanks for the replies tho

[margypops]

Hey you sound pretty good to me and I think a lot of Gals around your age would think the same.,you seem very sensitive and it maybe you need to play hard to get more.a good idea is to sometimes show a lot of interest in girls then back off, they love to talk about themselves by the way if you can listen to them and ask pertinent questions you've got it made, hey and a good sense of humor Girls love to laugh ,trust me if you can make them laugh you will have a friend for life,even a girlfriend for life.;

[April2]

It sounds to me like you're a little insecure and a very sensitive person, which is not all a bad thing. You probably feel things deeply. The only problem with that is deep people can get depressed and/or anxious more easily.
You might want to consider a self-esteem type course and try and give yourself a break.:) Find something you're good at and do that. Are you good at sports? Music? Drama? Find that one thing that makes you happy and concentrate on that.
You sound like a great guy!