Social Anxiety Blogs

My boyfriend's mom recently passed away from lung cancer about 2 weeks ago. We were talking about how our moms passed within a year of each other. Anyway, I was talking about how much I've had to grow up and how isolated I feel. He said, "Well, you were held back in your childhood, since you never had the teenage social experience." And the truth is, I never did. I was always the nerd or the shy girl or I didn't fit in. But, I avoided the "scene" because I didn't want to do anything stupid or harmful to my body, like drugs or sex. Does this make me "abnormal"?

So, here's a little bit about me. My mom passed away from Ovarian cancer when I was 20 years old, a year and a half ago. I just turned 22 in June. I was diagnosed with extreme Social Anxiety Disorder and clinical (suicidal) depression when I was 17.
My mom was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian cancer when I was 19. I was forced to grow out of my shell very quickly and grow up overnight. I had been a very shy girl with SAD living at home with my mom, who was my best friend.