Gelotophobia Assessment and Research Association

• Do you avoid social situations to avoid being laughed at or ridiculed?
• Do you feel people around you bully you?
• Do you worry that other people think you do not engage with them in a warm, friendly way and think you are humourless?
• Do you find it hard to know what to say to people in a natural way?
• Do you have low self esteem due to your feeling incompetent in social situations?
• When people are talking and laughing, can you feel your body getting tense?
• Does the muscle tension make you look stiff or clumsy?
• Would you say you are not a lively person?
• Would you describe yourself as rigid rather than spontaneous?
• Do you think there have not been many joyful occasions in your life?
• Do you worry that other people think you are ridiculous?
• After a social event, do you feel you have appeared ridiculous and worry about it?

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