A Place to Introduce Yourself

[Peebles]

Hi I have always felt uncomfortable around people , always even everyone I'm related to. School was always hell I hated being there and at home I have never been around a person like myself never . I have no one to relate to everyone around me is telling me to change be more like this be more like that but I actually like myself I do. Man I paid a high premium being different and not just going along with the crowd. When you are labeled the weirdo that is it you are a easy target for anyone , for people to make you up because you are unconfrontational and you don't have a voice. I have never,never,never had a friend any friend not even an online friend. I'm very quite and honest person. I fancy myself a HIPPIE and um.......... anything else send me a message

 

[xxaimsxx]

Hi I have always felt uncomfortable around people , always even everyone I'm related to. School was always hell I hated being there and at home I have never been around a person like myself never . I have no one to relate to everyone around me is telling me to change be more like this be more like that but I actually like myself I do. Man I paid a high premium being different and not just going along with the crowd. When you are labeled the weirdo that is it you are a easy target for anyone , for people to make you up because you are unconfrontational and you don't have a voice. I have never,never,never had a friend any friend not even an online friend. I'm very quite and honest person. I fancy myself a HIPPIE and um.......... anything else send me a message

Hiya peebles

 

[Lightning]

It's amazing to finally find a place that's filled with people who are understanding as well as helpful towards my(our) situation. Everyone's posts are enlightening and it's just such a positive community.

I'm very pleased that I found this site.

 

[blondie_]

Hi Everyone!
What a relief to see that I'm not alone. I'm not sure if I have social phobia, but maybe it's part of what's going on. I have a fear of blushing, and therefore I constantly blush because I'm so worried about it. Then I get so upset afterward, and think about how weird I must have looked turning bright red for no reason. It's happened pretty much my whole life, and now I'm really getting active to try to figure out how to stop it.

I am 24, and I am a really happy person. I am lucky to have an awesome family, a boyfriend who adores me and a few really good friends, but none of them know how upset I am about this problem, and I am way too embarrassed to mention it. It only happens in times when I really don't want it to. Now that I've decided to go back to school I noticed it happens multiple times a day in the classroom setting. I'm not sure if it has to do with the bright lights or what. It's just hard to figure out because for my job I am with a modeling agency and I have no problem taking photos with a bunch of strangers watching me, I can easily ignore them and not care. But when the teacher asks me how my weekend was, in front of my class I can't answer without my heart pounding, and feeling the heat rise to my face as if it was on fire.

I just feel like people can see right through me and must think horrible things when I'm blushing and I just want to hide my face and cry. It's so awful. ugh. I'm sure a lot of you are going through the same thing and I'm looking forward to hearing some tips and advice, and helping each other

 

[greenmtboy]

I just joined a few minutes ago and it's good to be among other with SA. I've had it all my life. The isolation can be torture sometimes. I wish I could change. I think this website and it's members are going to help me cope.

 

[Ignace]

Welcome all !
I'm sure this site will help you guys.

 

[kiwimango]

Hi everyone,
I just found this site yesterday. I'm 24 years old, I don't have any friends, and I've had social anxiety for over 15 years now. I've developed the habit over the years of avoiding social contact as much as possible, becoming a bit of a hermit at my apartment. But gradually I'm trying to expose myself again, starting by registering for this site. I'm starting to make some slow progress this year and I'm just taking things one day at a time.

 

[Rem0]

Hi everyone,
another new guy here. A couple of days ago I found out that I have social phobia (thank god to internet). I mean I've had this thing for about 8-10 years and never knew that it even had a name, so I just wrote it down as a part of my shyness. But now I feel somehow relieved since I know that I'm not the only one who suffers from this.
Right now I'm 22 years old and my life is pretty much miserable. I'm afraid of almost any social situations, hell I can't even walk down the street without sweating and thinking that everyone is watching me not to even mention going to shop or eating alone in restaurant etc. I have zero friends and I basically spend all my free time at home but guess I'll leave the story of my life to some other time. Right now I'm just happy to be here.

 

[Ritta]

Welcome Rem0

I'm sort of a newbie myself. Everyone's been so nice to me and I've received good feedback from my posts. I'm sure you will too.

 

[Tuco]

Hi everyone, Im 28, I have had social phobia since I was 13, but only recently have I started doing some research and reading about it. I don't know if I'm going to be posting frequently though, even this is difficult for me, it feels very weird because I have never told anyone about this.

 

[Remus]

Lots of newbies here of late, good to see you all, even if you joined long ago but have not posted, welcome to all the viewers

Remember, one post or one thousand posts, we are all just as important

 

[Lonestar473]

Hi,

I joined here to support a friend.

I don't have social phobia, though I do have similar social problems.

I've been diagnosed with Asperger's and due to my difficulties in interacting with other people experience many of the same types of things.

At least as far as me and my friend are concerned we have an unspoken bond and understanding, so she can just explain a little bit about something that happened and I instantly get it.

We've both had lots of difficulty with social interactions and, I'm sure like many of you, find it easier to talk to people online.

And yeah.. I don't really know what else to say, so that's it for my introduction thingy.

 

[RizingBurningSun]

Hi,
I'm Rizing. I've been dealing with depression (possibly bipolar) and AvPD since I was 11. At 15, I had a breakdown at the school counsellors office. I told her that I didn't want to live anymore. (It surprised me bc I was planning on speaking to her about my career path). That day I was brought to emergency and discharged a while later. The next day while walking to class with my '"friend," I told her that I was at the hospital the day before and that I didn't want to live. She said, "but can I still talk to you about my problems?." That was my very last day at school.
I'm still around the earth because of my beliefs. I believe in life after death. I believe we all have a glorious reason for being on this earth. I could not connect with anyone or anything on the planet. So after awhile, I began to connect to a silence in my head. In the silence, I connected to something greater.
I am now 26. I consider myself something of a failure for not having completed very much. But, I have an amazing and supportive guy besides me. We've been together for 8 years now and we're growing stronger. I have a beautiful 14 month old baby boy. He's my urgent reason for me to get better.
Blessings,
Rizing

 

[Ignace]

Welcome all !

 

[Ritta]

Welcome Lonestar and RisingBurningSun

 

[beastie]

Hello people. I'm getting all nervous-y just trying to think of something to say. I've never been good with socializing, but I thought I'd give this a try. I was diagnosed with anxiety when I was 12, had to leave school at 15, was hospitalized a few times, and still can't seem to have friends I can see on a regular basis. That being said, I have a job, stopped having panic attacks daily and can leave my house without flipping my shiz, so it's not all so bad anymore. Lovely to see other people I can relate to!

 

[boosh]

hi everyone never introduced myself when i first signed up so i thought i would now. i'm 16 years old and from the UK. social anxiety has been getting worse and i've become very reclusive, not even talking to people on msn or facebook. it's an endless circle ::

 

[Floweryapron]

Hello! I don't know if I'm in the right place- I think I am- er, I am a 42 year old woman from the UK. Mostly I do housewifely things but I like to do other stuff as well, ie. vent my artistic rage on innocent pencils. When I was a little kid I was a bit shy but not too bad, when I got to secondary school I was teased and tormented ruthlessly. I am not sure why, even now, possibly for being tall, gangling, saying the wrong things and not listening to the other girls talking about boyfriends with the required eagarness. My mum was not very nice. I don't think about her.
I've always felt embarrasingly awkward at parties and the like. The worst feelings I get lately are a creeping sense of unreality, paranoia that people don't like me, and awful heart crushing anxiety and fear in the morning because I have to go to the bus stop. I get very cross with myself for being so pathetic but can't seem to get used to it at all. The thought of meeting new people instantly drowns my personality in a tide of inadequacy. The Doctor put me on Seroxat decades ago, but that made me suicidal. Since then I have tried cognative therapy (sp?) that didn't work. Some other thing I can't remember, and Prozac, which worked a bit but made me so tired I couldn't function properly. These days I have a bottle of wine nearly every evening which can't be right but seems to help. Oh yes and night terrors, they join in as well, just for a laugh. I enjoy graveyards immensely.
Apart fom THAT- Happy as Larry!
Thanks for reading that if you have...
x

 

[dean01]

hi all,
i fell ill at the age of 9 and was taking into hospital, they couldnt find what was wrong with me and ran loads of test, i was in hospital for 9 months before they finally operated on the off chance of finding out what was wrong with me, i weighed 3 and a half stone when they operated and was at deaths door. the operation went well, turned out i had an absys that was eating my appendix.
i had a six inch cut from my belly button down, instead of using stitches they used metal staples. on the day they came to take them out, i told the nurse that i felt like my belly was gonna split open, i was told not to be silly. the nurse removed 3 of the staples before a hole an inch in diameter opened up in my stomach. i freaked out, no thats an understatement, words cant describe the fear and panic that went through my mind, i thought my whole belly was gonna split open.
i could see the stitches in my stomach lining, you would have thought they would have stitched me up again but they didnt, they left the hole open. they told me to clean it when i was in the bath by puting a finger in it and gentle clean it,
it didnt end there after about 6 weeks scar tissue started to grow out of the hole, so they gave me a stick of acid to burn away the excess tissue, ive never taken my top of in front of anyone since.
that was the start for me or maybe i already had problems before going into hospital, my mum used to call me mouse when i was 6 because i never made a squeak. i hope i havnt made anyone feel ill..

 

[coyote]

Hello, everyone! Welcome to the forum!