That is just it, don't give up.
This is your thread, not mine, so I am not going to discribe exactly what I "went through" from 13-23, but it truely was a decade of "hell". At times I don't know how I got through it all and it seemed like just when I thought I could not cope with it all, I was thrown an even bigger problem. In the end though, for some reason at 23, it stopped. I think I suffer from complex post traumatic stress from it all, but after 10 years, things actually DID get better.
I am glad you are getting councelling, and that it is helping. I was in a very similar situation that way myself as I have mentioned. It will get better if you work towards it. Just keep trying to feel the positive vibes we are sending, send yourself some positive thoughts, and keep making those babysteps towards getting over your social phobia!