Social Anxiety

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Just curious if anyone else here suffers from this. I have my whole life and I think I am getting worse. As if that's actually possible. I just started my senior year of high school and I have become very depressed lately. I am so scared of the future. I don't think I can make it in this world. Anyways, anyone else have SA?

I have social anxiety and it has definitely gotten worse as I've gotten older (I'm almost 33). A real downward spiral began about 5 years ago.

I can be friendly and outgoing online but IRL I am practically mute aound new people, it is really agony. Sometimes I would be afraid to open the door to receive a package.

I hate answering the door. Fortunately I still have other people in the house to do it. If I am home alone, I never answer it. Sometimes I will run upstairs and stay in my room until I am sure that whoever was there has left.

I am exactly the same. My family just got back from holiday and while they were away I was home alone for 2 weeks. I never opened the door or answered the phone. I ran out of milk but I just couldn't face having to go out and deal with people in the shop's. It makes me very depressed since I can't see how it will ever get better so just keep in mind that you are not alone.

Social anxiety being comorbid with AS is very common. Its very natural that
impaired social skills will lead to social anxiety. Though in my case I was very
shy at birth became less shy over the years then about 14 I began to have
extreme social fear. Then about 23 on anti-depressant for the first time alot of
my fear went away.

i have a mixed depression, anxiety disorder aswell.

It comes and goes depending on how wrapped up in household things I get. It did not bother me that I didn't go outside the house for two full weeks once my son was born. The NT staff at his school once asked me if I am bothered by being a homebody--I said no!

It does take a while to get reaccustomed to dealing with the outside world, mainly out of necessity. I have to build up a tolerance to people again.

I understand you.

I'm going to a Shyness group meeting, that I found on Meetup.com in regards to my social anxiety. I was considering not going, but then I thought..I'll be around people who also have considered not going to something, based on their anxieties of what could happen.

I does come and go. I have had it to the point of it being disabling, as I'm sure everyone else has here. On the hand bizarrely I have fewer difficulties with customer service.

With one on one customer service work, especially on the telephone for myself, it's a lot less of a problem for me. This is because many of the enquiries that come up are often similar, and I rote learn the response.

Where if I am in a group or new situations or questions are asked of me, that's when it really shows up.

I have it too, i tend to go through phases. I'm trying to fight it cuz I have to be social, so yeah

Ditto! Sometimes I just cannot be social for a variety of reasons and I lock myself away and avoid seeing anyone unless it's absolutely neccessary. But on the other hand, I like and want to be social and continue having a social life so I go through periods where I am very socially active. It gets a bit annoying when I am in a social phase and am unable to go out/have nothing to do, and then when I feel very anxious about interacting with others having to turn down offers - and then people assume that you don't want to see them and thus don't invite you out again for a while, or until you've explained yourself.

I know how you feel the only people I usually feel at ease with are either family or under six years old. 'cause I babysit alot and i'm not shy with little kids but put me infront of some one seven or up and I can't do it. I panic.

That's funny. I'm much worse with kids cos they're just so random, and I'm scared of embarrassment at the best of times.

I've been experiencing a lot of Social anxiety, as my Sister's Wedding keeps approaching. A lot of the guys whom are invited, have teased and bullied me through High School. I'm also afraid that the Men will be looking at my Boobs, because I'll be wearing a slightly fitted top and a different bra. I'll also be wearing Make-up, and I'm not used to that. I'm afraid that I'm going to pass out, from all the Male Attention that I could possibly be recieving. Why can't I just wear my Frilly Lace Cravat, under my Jacket? That would be my first choice, but the Weather's supposed to be extreamley hot, that day. I can dress in Mod Fashion, for my own Bloody Wedding, if I ever get Married, I guess. I'm not going near the Dance Floor. My Ex-Bullies used to tell me to dance, all the time, but I'd refuse to obey. I would not be caught, dancing in front of those...those Monkeys!

I also suffer from social anxiety. I can't really remind a moment in my life when I began feeling this way. I guess it's been slowly taking over me for years. It's been a lot worse since I moved away from home town to live alone.

I was 19 back then, and for 3 years I could only go to work and rest alone. Just facing others at work would use up all of my energy. In those three years I could only make two true friend, which were someone I knew a bit from my home town and his girlfriend. I used to decline any offers to do anything or go out, so they had to call me everyday cause I would seldom call them.

Finally I got used to see them everyday and felt like a family with em. They were my only social life and I could sometimes meet other people thanks to them. But what had to happen finally happened, they broke up, took different directions and I was left alone again. I could not meet new people as this would make me so anxious I was just looking for a way to avoid them.

As anxiety and insomnia got worse, I decided I did not have to feel this way. I browsed through yellow pages for someone who could help with anxiety. I found a psychologist specialized in anxiety disorders and took an appointment. As awkward as it would be at first, I got the help I needed and after the treatment (that lasted for only a few months) I had successfully moved to a new appartment, negociated a major salary raise, had my own social network from people at work for whom I organized activities and my very own wednesday night beach volleyball group.

I still have to fight anxiety often, particularly when facing new situations and/or new people. I still hate phone too and I still don't answer when I don't feel right... But I now have some tools to help which allow me to do more of what I want and not only what I can