Do you believe your SA could have been prevented?

Do you believe your SA could have been prevented?

  • Yes

    Votes: 129 52.7%

  • No

    Votes: 50 20.4%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 66 26.9%
  • Total voters
    245
Shant

Shant

Well-known member
Yes.

I used to be a happy, outgoing child. Sure, I was socially awkward; I was socially isolated for the first five or so years of my life, of which I have to thank for my lack of social skills. But I wasn't social phobic. And I like being a bit weird.

I wish I could be like that again. I have others to thank in regards to changing a happy outgoing child to a depressed social phobic. Meh.


Seeing as it can be genetic, I guess it's good I don't intend to have any children or a relationship anytime soon. If by some off chance I do, I'll probably go for adoption. Social Phobia's the least of my psychological worries, I'm still a medical mystery the doctors can't figure out and I don't need to bring someone into this world who would have to deal with what I did, but possibly worse.
 
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marielb

marielb

Active member
i have 5 sisters and still ended up with sa so i definately dont think that is the reason you have it.but then it is different for every1,i have had this all of my life and dont know the reason why xx
 
dottie

dottie

Well-known member
neglect, isolation, and abuse does not breed a self confident individual that thrives in society. it is preventable.

i agree with josephg that there is a genetic predisposition and SA traits can preside or subside depending on environmental influence.
 
Kat

Kat

Well-known member
Not sure I do have a learning difficulty an audio comprehension problem which exacerbates social phobia. So if some of the things that happened didn't, I would still have to deal with that. Also mental illness runs in the family.
 
S

Steppen-Wolf

Well-known member
No, I strongly believe it's genetic.

But it might have been lessened by certain conditions being different as I grew up.
 
Falkor

Falkor

1
Yes, I think so. My mom used to be Agoraphobic and also my grandmother has been into that cycle. So it's a common thing in my family.

I also think that the chaos has triggered anxiety for me.

Also, I think it is not only genetic, it is caused from bad experiences, too.

It's a double effect for me, so that's why it is so SSA. Severe,Social,Anxiety.

Things in the past ruined my future, and in the future I have to let go my past.

I discovered i actually am afraid of people, but it has to do with my past, i have to deal with the past, and I'll be less anxious and suspicious of what people think.
 
L

Leonie

Active member
I believe mine could have been prevented.......I had a very traumatic incident when I was younger and this lead to me being overprotected by my parents and others around me. In a way, it kind of stunted my social skills as I didn't have to interact with people I didn't know and lead me to having a fear of certain situations especially if I didn't have a 'protector' with me!
 
A

Advodoc

New member
Probably not at all. I've had SA my entire life. Only medication seems to help - so in my mind its biological, although social experiences can certainly make it worse or better.
 
Predacon

Predacon

Well-known member
I'm inclined to think it is genetic so there's no way it could be prevented, but I think it can be controlled to some degree.
 
vj288

vj288

not actually Fiona Apple
I think yes, but by that I just mean I don't think it is wholly, or even mostly, genetic. I could pinpoint some events and actions that most likely cemented the path to where I am today, but without knowing that these things would lead me here, there was nothing really to be prevented at the time. I don't blame any outside sources, I think it just happened and if there's anyone to blame it is myself. It's not like I was bullied or abused or mistreated, it's just the way the cards fell.
 
C

cloudbound

Active member
I have thought about this...I was diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder when I was younger (due to my father leaving me as a baby I have always struggled in forming relationships of any kind, except with my mother where I developed seperation anxiety) I wonder if the 2 are linked in some way....
 
WeirdyMcGee

WeirdyMcGee

Well-known member
No, probably not.
I believe it's mostly genetic, so even if I had grown up to be socially accepted as a child and unabused as a teenager; I still would've pulled away from society and become agoraphobic over time because I am so selfconscious and paranoid around people.

I am just like my father in almost every way.
He grew up much differently than I did- but still ended up agoraphobic and alone, so I feel like that may be my fate as well- no matter what.
I'll just have to make due with however I end up living my life.
 
corvax

corvax

Member
I've always been shy, so I think I probably have a proclivity towards SA. But yes, I do think that it could have been prevented. I think if I had been successfully treated for depression when it first started or had, at the very least, not gone onto the massive public junior high (where I just... got lost) things could have gone very differently.

But hindsight is always 20/20.
 
Dead_on_Arrival

Dead_on_Arrival

Well-known member
I have had so much pain in my lfe I have never reallyu known any different since I was about five. If it wasn't for the people who felt a need to destroy me for 7 years of my life I would like to think I would have been a totally different person. But if not for them would I be where I am now with a wife and two kids.
 
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chepei

Member
Perhaps. My parents isolated my sister and I for a long time. So when it was actually time for us to interact with other children, we both became anxious and physically sick. I was bullied...by other students and by my own sisters at one point. I still feel as though I would still be a shy person even if my past was changed. But I don't know if the severity of my SA would change.
 
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