I have Social Anxiety!
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 at
12:03 pm
I have Social Anxiety and this is a video of my experiences. At the end there are details of useful websites. If you listen carefully you might hear our dog wining and trying to get on my lap.
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hell, you got more than i got dude, but yeah i feel you, it’s not easy.
When I was in highschool, my math teacher made the stupidest mistake when he tried to demonstrate how to solve a geometry problem. He couldn’t finish the problem because of the mistake and decided to moved on. I knew exactly what went wrong but I couldn’t open my mouth.
In a public place I have a fear of being on my own, yet I don’t want to actually be with anyone. Screws me over.
Do what I do, hate all people and get hostile towards them. When you finally accept most people are scum of the earth, your defenses are raised on terminate with extreme prejudice mode, and you’re ready for combat, and when you’re meeting any new people, if they try to reject you or humiliate you or tear you down, you are read to shred them to pieces. People are shy, because the world and other people are so f**king cruel. So grow some teeth and suit up in armor and smash their face in back
Everyone has some certain social anxiety at times. The fact that you have a good attitide towards work in general, then you’re normal.Shyness is a good attribute, as long as it isn’t extreme. Police or cops respect and appreciate those who are well mannered and or on the shy side because they are more easier to communicate with rather than the rude boisterous types-I could be wrong.
I have or had a lot of the same experiences. The big one you mentioned is the one about talking on the phone. I’ve gotten better at it with having a receptionist job in the past. I do understand and know others have the same feelings out there and that does help. The best for me is a desensitization. Facing my fears and forcing myself to do things socially.
I’ve never wanted to fit in… I just want people not to stare at or talk to me! There’s nothing I can do to make em’ stop either. It’s not like I can tell them to not stare at me or talk to me because they would be like “What the heck are you talking about?”
It’s so hard to explain these kinds of things… they’re too vague to people that don’t have SA. It’s annoying and stupid.
That’s so cool you’ve been able to DJ despite your disorder. I have never been officially diagnosed with any psychiatric disorder but I do think I’m overly shy and I get nervous a lot. School was an absolute bitch to say the least and I’m so glad it is in my past. I’m a DJ myself and I have found that it has helped my confidence making me look at situations differently. I still get very nervous though and I got a feeling that’s not really going away completely.
@sophabgurl I always try to be the last one to say bye, cheers, see ya … incase they think I am rude. I then worry I sound like a right moron!
I experience practically everything you mentioned. The dreaded small talk (i avoid the staff kitchen in case another staff member comes in there to make coffee and then i’d hav to think of wat to say). I can small talk for a minute, 2 mins at most but after that i am mentally exhausted so i’d hav to make a quick exit! at work i replay in my head wat i said earlier to some1, worryin dat i may have been rude, annoyin or wierd. I cant end phone conversations without worryin if i said bye properly
I never heard of social Anxiety. I just thought I was shy, to the extreme. But from reading others comments its what I’m going through. I can’t go into a room full of people it terrifies me. But the worst for me is meeting new people, I try but I just can’t do it. and it is affecting my social life. When I get told I’m going to meet a friends friend, or a group of other people. I start sweating and worrying. And I look for a way out. Its sad for me because I don’t have any friends really.
@cdover7890 I have the same problem only I smile and my face goes so red its ridiculous I haven/t seen one person on here that’s face goes redder them mine. If someone asks me a question (especially a really hot chick) my face just goes so red and i cant hold a conversation at all.
Thanks for sharing. I wonder where I could find a group in my city so I could train social interaction. One of my problems is being in a group…..
I strongly recommend you find a qualified homeopathic practitioner. We have many cured cases in our literature over the years. I have successfully treated a few cases (I don’t specialized in just SA) and my colleagues have presented many cured cases at different seminars over the years. Good luck in your search for wellness.
Very good. Thanks for posting. You come a across as a very nice person.
I’ve been suffering from SA for over 12 years without trying to get help (I just recently discovered there a name for this), but now that I am trying to find a different job and having a really hard time with interviews, I’m considering seeking out a professional to help me with this.
I’m so glad I decided to look up “Social Anxiety” on Youtube because it’s comforting to see so many people that I can identify with. This helped me a lot and made me feel less alone, thank you.
Yes, this is actually a very helpful audio series. I’ve been using it as well.
If you still need something to help you out
Check this audio program called overcoming social anxiety step by step
I know it’s kinnda expensive($240) but message me if you help getting it
I first encountered Social Anxiety in High School also.. im 18 now and i still have it.. What you said about Being alone with 1 person and there being a silence, that you would blame it on yourself… thats EXACTLY what i do still, i basically cannot get a girlfriend, and i dont speak to girls at all really, i even get embarassed infront of my mum… so yh it sucks… i go college and i dread the days in which i do classroom work or when we have long breaks in the canteen… i dno wt to do!
No, being blinded is accepting religion. And thinking some invisible guy loves you would certainly help your confidence. Key is stopping your mind from going toward fear and redirecting to something else. In Social anxiety, it’s that of people judging you. They are not judging you until your fear of them is noticed. Nobody else needs god to not have Social Anxiety.. they just don’t think about it like we do. So try to DO THE SAME. You don’t need to believe in fairy tales to feel better.
“Crippling emotional frailty”. Very well-put.
Like he said, he has faith. God’s message about peace with others and most importantly, with himself, is his motivator. If it worked for him, why quit believing? :/ I have not followed my religion (Catholic) in YEARS but I’m starting to consider its usefulness. I have tried therapy and medicine and I’m sick, SICK of it. Sometimes you’ve just gotta go with what you’ve been ignoring and consider giving it a try. That’s personal choice of course, whatever works for them.
@KarmaDebt
He revealed to me how FOOLISH I was and how much HE LOVES ME.
By His word and Spirit he revealed all this to me.
The only ones who are able to understand what im saying are only those who have faith.
People who are blinded by the darkness of this world will never see the truth…
Pills, therapy, books about the subconcious mind etc you name it.
In my experience I can truly testify that only The Living GOD has healed me.
Medications from doctors helped me a little and it was temporary.
God’s healing power is ETERNAL!
Now Im not an antidepressant pill dependent.
The cure for fear is FAITH!
Fear limits you.
FAITH ENABLES YOU!
People, THE ALMIGHTY GOD IS YOUR ONLY HOPE.
READ THE WORD OF GOD, HAVE FAITH AND OBEY!
God loves you and He wants you to LET HIM…
you can still get it though