Social Anxiety Blogs

It's come back again. I need help. I'm only 23 years old! What can I do?

Managing Anxiety and stress during the holiday's can be extremely hard due to the fact that you are surrounded by friends and family and it's sometimes hard to get some time to yourself, but very necessary if you feel anxiety mounting. Don't be afraid to excuse yourself for a few minutes and find a nice quiet place to regroup. Even if you just have to sneak away, by all means do it. Everyone will be busy with everyone else and they most likely not know you are gone. Do this a few times per day if you need to.

i wish everyone wuldnt give a crap and not be so judgemental.. but its a human thing to do.. think about it.. if we didnt have social anxiety and we were stuk up snobs lyke most people, our natural nature is to judge the first person that acts weird and tense and 2 nice not confident ext.. u might be like noo i kno wut it feels like 2 be judged i wuld never judge.. but picture ure self never experiensing SA and being normal.. u wuldnt kno how horrible it feels 2 be judged for something u cant control.. u wouldnt understand there for u would naturaly instictevly judge..

So I don’t know how to start this. At all. I’m basically just writing to reassure myself I’ve still got normal thoughts. I’ve been thinking so much lately, of why I don’t think on the same level as I used to. The little things used to be so obvious to me, little quirky remarks and variations or references of and to different words and topics. I used to hear a word and immediately have a list generate in my mind of a bunch of thoughts that in some way corresponded to the word. I would then decide on which made the most sense in the conversation. I know I’m insecure.

why is it that for some people, it takes a traumatic experience, or an uncomfortable experience, for them to truly stop & consider their life? i ask this because lately, i've been wondering about myself. i thought i knew everything about me, i thought i finally had figured out who i am & what i stand for...& yet, when i took a second look, i saw that im a neurotic, hypocritical, demanding, anxious, self-conscious, arrogant, bitch. and so now, i have absolutely no idea who i am.

I am a twenty four year old man who has struggled with social anxiety since I was in high school. I recently joined this particular forum because I have been searching for supportive communities of people that can empathize with my challenges and help me work through them. In reading some of the entries posted by various individuals I am struck by the courage and honesty that is reflected in your contributions. I support you all and want to encourage each of you to not give up and to keep persevering.

Hi everyone, its me again...
Whether you agree with me or not, these are some things that have truly helped me/changed my way of thinking, I'm not saying it's right for everyone, but has been right for me.

The first part is from this cool, yet strange, book called 'Conversations with God.' by Neale Donald Walsch. For all you devoted christians out there i recomend you do not read it for a lot of it may seem very sacralidge. But anway...

Hello everyone!

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"?