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11 years ago during the summer before I started my freshman year of college. I remember that I was so determined that I was going to overcome my social anxiety and I was going to go to college and make friends. Yeah, what a joke that was HAHAHAH. It didn't happen. I even have a journal that I...

There is a new musical opening on Broadway this November called Dear Evan Hansen. It's about a senior in high school who has social anxiety and he writes a letter that gets misinterpreted and he finds himself wrapped up in a lie. As soon as I heard that the main character had social anxiety and...

Do you still have hobbies that some people in society might say are "childish"? I just think it's a bit funny how if you enjoy video games when you are younger, some people in society think that all of a sudden you are supposed to grow up and get "adult" hobbies like drinking wine or golfing or...

I have always been a big daydreamer, but lately I've been spending even more time than usual daydreaming. So, I randomly googled the problem and found that it's called Maladaptive Daydreaming. But I guess my biggest thing is that half of me really does not want to stop daydreaming even though I...

I got in a car accident last week. Some idiot rear-ended me. And dealing with this whole thing is causing me serious anxiety. You'd think a car accident would mostly just cause physical pain, but it's causing me some mental anguish now too. I've had to call my supervisor at work, the insurance...

I have a cousin who is the same age as me and he is actually very, very similar to me. I honestly don't know if he considers himself to be shy or have social anxiety, but I do know that he has no friends and stays home all the time, and I'm pretty certain he's never been in a relationship like...

Every time someone asks me if I want to do something, I have a million questions that I want to know the answers to before I say "yes." But often times, I never ask those questions cause most people think you're odd for playing 20 questions like that, so it's much easier to just say "no" to...

When they very clearly have no intention of actually hanging out at all!! I get that they're just trying to be nice or something, but I think it's a lot nicer to just say "Hi, hope you're doing well" and leave it at that. You don't have to be fake and phony and act as if you really want to hang...

I was just thinking about this. Not only have I never had a boyfriend, been kissed, had sex, all that, at the age of 23, but I've never even held hands with someone I like. Like, a legit hand hold with interlocking fingers. Sad. I want a boyfriend. :( Don't mind me, I'm just feeling sorry for...

Has anyone used the site okcupid.com? I signed up a week or two ago and I've been messaging back and forth with someone a few times, and now he asked my out to coffee. Ahhh, what do I do!? I feel like I wasn't expecting this lol. Although, I guess that is sort of the point of signing up for...

Okay, I just saw this picture on someone's LJ and I thought it was really funny. And so true! So has anyone seen similar pictures or graphics sort of related to being shy, that they thought were pretty funny? Or maybe you can make your own and share them.

Whether the universe truly was against you or not, this thread is about times when you FELT like the universe (or God) was against you. There are two main times in my life where I truly felt like this. First, I did not have a roommate my first year of college. I was supposed to have a...

I am supposed to be going on a pub crawl in the city this Saturday from 2pm - 10pm. 8 freakin' hours. With my co-workers. I'm going to die. This sounds well and fun, but really, I do not want to go and I'm trying to figure out a way to get out of it. I am going to have a legit panic-attack. I...

I mean, I know we can't, so it's sort of no use wishing, but I sure wish we could all just start over (with the knowledge we have now). Now that I am out of school, it just feels so frustrating feeling that I have passed up the majority of my opportunities to make friends. So many people around...

I haven't, but there is one concert coming up that I want to go to so badly that I'm really considering just going by myself. It features three of my favorites bands from myspace. But it's at a popular club, in the city, on a Saturday night, so I'm sure I will end up chickening out and just not...