Social Anxiety Blogs

Ok I am new to this site. I have had some trouble excepting that I have an anxiety disorder. I know something is wrong. My doctor told me over a year ago that I hyperventilate and I am not aware of it but she could tell by the deep breaths I am always taking. Now it has gotten worse I think I suffer from depression and anxiety. The physical symptoms scare me the most the chest pains which I have ran to the ER on numerous occassions just to be told I was having a panic attack.

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Hello I'm new to this I have suffered from SA for many years now and at times its more mild than others but lately I've been feeling very self conscious and its driving me crazy I need to meet new people that I can discuss some of the feelings I have.

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.

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.

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"?

I get really nervous around people but sometimes i feel pretty comfortable. Im really depressed right now because i used to have good friends and i never thought about myself having social problems.well now that i moved i have no friends and my thinking is irrational. I have this problem at school where my face muscles tense up and i know i am frowning. I dont want to be but my brain cant stop thinking, ok your face is going to frown again." my face is sore and i know my expression is not normal.

So I am at a real low point right now. My grandma is in the nursing home and has a fever and is in a lot of pain. It hurts so much to see her like that and so depressed about her life. She doesn't even look like the same person to me anymore. She is so frail and sad and I just can't believe this is how her life is now.

So a lot has happened over the last few days. My Grandma fell and broke her pelvis last Sunday. Today she is finally getting out of the hospital but I am scared to death. She is a very independent person and for her ability to walk to be gone is an awful thought. She is just so alone now in her nursing home where she is staying for recuperation and I am 2 hours away so it hard for me to go visit her.