Do you have social anxiety?

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Ana54 says it sounds like I do, but I was wondering how many others may have it too.

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and please tell me what you think.

I was diagnosed with it the same day I was diagnosed with AS. He said I had 'incapacitating social phobia.' I took Prozac for it, which worked a bit, but I had to stop taking it for side effects. I can't even go in the shop opposite my house, but I'm still working on it.

Yes. Though I rank mine as more moderate. Some social things I can do, others I cannot.

SA is a fairly common co-morbid condition with AS from what I know.

Yes. I hate going out. Nearly to the point of not paying bills, and it's getting worse. I'll goto places that I have been to before many times, but don't try to introduce alot of new stuff while you do it or expect me to be completely in conversations.'

Problem is that I can't get help, even though I have insurance for it. AS is a pre-existing condition to them. It puts the rest of my mental health insurance at risk. So I try to cope.

Yup I have it.

I get nervous when I talk to anyone really unless it one to one. Go red when I get asked personal questions.

I mean i dotn mind having AS and being a bit weird, but I just wish I could be myself in public and be confident about it.

Used to, but even then to a far lesser degree than many here. I'd go to parties and social things, but once I got there often kind of hide in the corner and wish someone would come and talk to me. I'm a lot better now. I spent 6 months working in retail, which was definitely a "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," proposition. It forced me to learn to carry a conversation, to look people in the eye, to deal with strangers, answer the phone immediately, and look and sound assertive even if I didn't really feel that way. I came out of it far, far better able to deal with social situations, and I'm glad I did it, although it was utter hell in the beginning. It helped that I was working in a comic/hobby shop, and my obsession du jour at the time was Star Trek Collectible Card Game cards, so I had a common interest I could share with a lot of people coming in.
I still, I think, find interactions difficult on a number of levels (and talking in the last few days, my wife says I miss a lot of social cues that I had thought I was reading correctly, c'est la vie), but I don't shy away from them, and I don't fear them per se, although oftentimes I wouldn't necessarily have sought out social situations, at least with people I don't know.

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I usually avoid going out unless I have a reason, like food shopping, and I bulk order a lot of food over the web, just signed up for an organic produce delivery service. When my girlfriend's with me it's easier. I feel more confident. But alone it's very hard. I'm going to start doing some exercises to strengthen my will by doing things that serve no other purpose, like standing on top of a chair for 10 minutes. I was in the habit of doing chores around the house specifically because I didn't want to do them but I've gotten out of that practice. It was helpful for me when I did it.

It's even hard for me to do interact this way, unless it's a debate kind of thing. Like on Reddit.

I get anxious when I'm in a heated debate with someone on a forum. Sometimes I'll avoid the site for a while when that happens.

i am socially avoidant mostly because i don't have the vast mental and emotional energy that it requires for me to interact in even a very basic way.

I'm socially anxious in the way that if people are laughing in public, they are laughing at me.

I don't like going anywhere because I feel like everyone's watching me and I don't even like the windows open in my own house.

For me, the answer is no on the anxiety matter. But I am not fond of going out too much, or socialising.