I don't like general praise. When people praise me about something I feel they have a great expectation on me, and I am scared. Fair critism is okay with me, but only when delivered in a caring way. I am a very sensitive person.

I am not so anti-social, but I am afraid of people and their expectation. After a while, I become very detached from myself and the world so whatever people say about me does not matter. I have probably achieved the "out of the world" lifestyle and living in a parrell universe from most people. This might explain why I behave differently from what you
expect.

-- email excerpt to HB.