Depression
Anxiety
I developed a “fear” of people when I was depressed. I hated so much to talk to any of them, and even a face-to-face casual meeting with any of the people I knew felt stressful to me. When I had to buy something from town (luckily, it was a small town), I had to go around it to get to the store, to avoid meeting anyone on the path.
I was like that because I felt like I had no subjects to discuss with them and they were all annoying, always asking questions I knew I couldn't answer sincerely: “Hey man, where have you been? Why don't you come out as much?”. What should I have told them?: “Because you are morons who believe in supernatural gods and do not feel amazed by the wonders of the universe: atoms, galaxies, cells....I have nothing in common to talk about with you, so I avoid you.”....
It wasn't a movie, so I didn't have an audience to say: ”Yeah, this guy is right. He says the right things.” No, real life is different, so I preferred avoiding them. Did I suffer from “anxiety”? Yeah,
right, I was sick by being curious among incurious beings....
At one point in my life, I became “depressed” for about 3 years or so; till the age of 18, I think. My room and my computer were my life for this period of time, since I rarely went out. I knew I was depressed and the reason why, but I never considered it as a “disease”.
The reason?
Mainly, I was so frustrated because people didn't see the world as I did. Because of that, I refused to talk to people, seeing no point of connection between me and them. I lost all of my friends because of this, and I had been quite a popular kid in school before this happened.
I couldn't understand how people could believe in gods, how they couldn't see that school has no value at all, or that we live on a giant sphere among all of these wonders beyond everyday life....how could they not wonder about those things? I felt like I was living among blind-deaf people with whom I couldn't communicate; how not to be depressed?
By that alone, depression is a normal reaction to a depressive situation.