Recent content by SongsofInnocence

I know this is not SA related, but how do you upload an avatar...It's just I see some of the others and they seem to be larger than 12 KB..how can I upload an image as avatar that's larger than 12 KB? Or can I condense the image?

Have you had something (friends, education, job etc.?) and then lost/given up on it later due to Social Anxiety or other related problems? Personally, I quit high school for a while (I'm back at university now) and some of my friendships and past-time activities and became house-bound...

I feel like I should give this warning/peptalk to my fellow SA sufferers: I used to have a girlfriend, regular friends, was about to finish high school, had past-time activities etc. and gave it up mainly because of my SA (And a few other reasons) and even though I managed to finish high school...

I don't think people who don't have SA realize how pervasive this disorder really is...it controls every aspect of my life. I mean if you have araknophobia, how often do you see spiders? But Social Anxiety is a fear of other people's negative judgements, and how often do you meet people? All the...

I do..and do you have a lack of social skills in general?

I'm 23 and I don't feel I have a problem actually meeting people (except strangers) but even when I feel comfortable around strangers I just can't figure out what to say to them! It's as if my mind just goes blank! My social skills are crap...so even if I overcome SA it still doesn't help...

Do you ever have the feeling that the world is just a stage and you're only acting? As if everything you do and say is just superficial and 'put on' i.e. as if you're an actor saying his/her lines and nothing is natural but it's all affected? I have that feeling...I mean, I say and do things...

I guess like many of you I don't really have any friends...I don't even talk that much to my family, and I'm rather isolated.. :( I find that I tend to stress a lot...and when I say alot I mean A LOT! :cry: Do any of you experience the same thing and have you found any ways to handle the...