I don't think I care what people think, but I guess somehow it bothers me or I wouldn't have a problem. I don't think "stranger danger" was something that I worried about. I don't think you are old enough to know the 1983 movie "Adam", but when I was little it showed quite a few times. Never the less, I'm a 39 year old that has a good intellectual ability, but my social skills haven't improved since I was 13 give or take a year or two. Somewhere close to my freshman year of high school. In my freshman year I was in the Junior computer science class, and by my junior year I was doing independent study making my own curriculum. I've had enough college level+ psychology classes to know my problem, where and why it started. Unfortunately, no matter how much my intellect knows this phobia is irrational my mind won't get past it. I've never had a PET or FMRI scan, but I don't think either of those would show any structural problems with my brain. SSRI's, SNRI's, have had little to no effect. My doctor hasn't suggested MAOI's. I think maybe SNDRI's might be the solution, but there aren't any available yet. Maybe the best thing for me is to talk with people going through the time where I went awry. Freshman or sophomore in high school.