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Social Anxiety Problemmms
This is a question for people who have social anxiety or know what it's about. I know I have it but i'm wondering it could be worse than just the normal social anxeity. I know many people who have it, but seem to run normal lives. For me my life is run by my anxiety. I'm afraid to awnser the phone, walk in front of people, go out with friends, talk to people, go to school, etc. It's to the extreme where latley i've been very anti social. I've been ignoring my friends for the past three months. I haven't been to school in two weeks. When people talk to me I avoid them. I sometimes wonder if i have paranoid shystco (can't spell that) Are these intense of things going on normal? Or are they more severe than usual.
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Hello.
I know how you feel but the only way you can confront your fears is by facing them and dealing with them. Hiding away wont help you move on.
Im soon going to go and speak to a therapist about my insecurity because it helps to speak to people about it. Write back =) x
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yes, my experience was similar. i don't believe everything i read, but supposedly if you don't get help your anxiety could worsen. i met w/ a therapsit for a year who thought that was ok to begin w/ (maybe i didn't express myself well) and eventually started taking paxil (20mg). it could help you- everybody's chemistry is different. a good therapist should be helpful, too. i'd call different therapists and ask them about their track records re: commitmentphobia.
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it's hard to say, what you described seems pretty extreme for SAD (soc. anx. dis.) , so you always could have something worse. My sister dealt with this, and it's always possible that you're basically going around in circles, what i mean by that is you're very nervous around people, but when you realize what your doing it just makes you more worked up. It's possible that your not doing actions as you descrube them, it just seems like everyone notices more than they really do.
I'm sorry I culdn't help more. If you really think it's bad, talk to your parents and your doctor or psychiatrist, he or she's the only person that can properly diagnose you. Other than that, I know a lot of this is out of your control, but you just have to take a big breath every so often and realize you're a person, and other people love your company and you can't be afraid of people just like you. I know that doesn't help much, but good luck
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