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If you're in a situation where you feel extreme social discomfort (e.g. dinner parties where everyone is having fun but YOU) what do you do to leave? What fake excuses do you use?

It would be so cool if you could pause life. Things would be so much easier. If someone asked me a question, I could hit the pause button, think about what to say, and then just unpause and say the perfect thing. Example (without pause): Outgoing person: Hi, how are you? Me: Umm, I don't...

[Edit: I know this is a long post, but please read it. This is (I think) a pretty unique story as to how I gradually developed Social Phobia. I have never told anyone this before, so I really poured my heart out with this post. I have always been shy. Always. But the shyness I experienced when...

I don't have hyperhidrosis, but I have some problems with sweating; often for no apparent reason. My hands are usually either unbearably dry, or excessivly wet. Whenever I do classwork, my paper is always curled upwards, whereas everyone else has perfectly straight and un-curled papers. Sorry...

It's so stupid...as if they don't have everything they want already. Sigh, I hoped contests like these would end by the time I got into college; how wrong I was. I hate merit for social things. Sociability rewards itself. ...but what I hate even more is when the spokesperson of the contest says...

Do you think it's possible for a person to be in "the act, state, or habit of being predominantly concerned with and obtaining gratification from what is outside the self" (webster's--http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extraversion) but still stay quiet due to fear of humiliation in...

Do you ever feel like god made the world and everything for you? I sometimes feel like I'm god's special child and that the whole world is some sort of test for me, and me only. Sometimes I have illusions that other people are unconscious, and that they are basically just flesh-robots put here...

It works majorly for depression. Need I say anything else?

I'm a total chatterbox when around my family (siblings, cousins, parents etc.), but all my social skills just "shut off" when I'm around anyone else. When I am with my family, I am either funny and lovable, or annoying. When I am with other people the situation is extremely awkward. I...

I have no idea how to ask for these. I "know" my teachers, but I'm not their "buddy" (I have never talked with any of them about anything non-School related, due to my EXTREME Social Anxiety problems). Asking for a letter of recommendation is a huge favor, and I don't think any of my teachers...

WAAAAAAAAA!!! Social Phobia sucks.

People say that the only hard part about socialization is the approach, and everything after that will magically fall into place. Oh my god, that statement is totally untrue for me; saying "hi" (while uncomfortable) is not nearly as bad the 2nd sentence or the "exit". Jesus Christ, I hate the...

In the past year or so, most of my days were accompanied by a lack of consciousness. I would go out, do things, laugh, cry, but I still wouldn't feel any emotion. Living life was more like watching a movie of someone else living rather than actually living it. Has anyone experienced anything...

ALL Finns have Social Anxiety Disorder I keep hearing that Finland has an abnormally high rate of Social Anxiety disorder among its adolescents and young adults. Has anyone hear ever been to Finland? Are they quieter than usual there? If so, I might consider learning Finnish and moving there. LOL.

Damn. I feel like a total loser for making this thread. I'm almost dead from boredom, does anyone have any ideas of things I could do over the summer that involve no interaction with "friends" since I don't have any?

Not directly related to Social Phobia, but I want to see what people with anxiety issues think of the grading system. If you could state why you chose what you did, that would be great.

Apparently I can't talk about not being able to talk about nothing either. I've been sitting for half an hour at my computer trying to create this thread, but I can't think of the right words. Damn.

I used to buy this cheapo mexican "candy" (it was really just a mixture of spices) called "Lucas" when I was younger. One day I tried reading the ingredients so that I can make some for myself; I found that it was pretty much made of salt, chili powder, and citric acid. Yesterday, I tried...

Any other Solipsists here? For those of you who don't know, solipsism is when you are paranoid about being the only existing thing. For example, sometimes I get EXTREMELY depressed when I think about the possibility that my whole life, all the people I love (basically my family), and...

Recently, I have been getting these urges to yell vulgarities in crappy social situations (e.g. school). It has to do with my longing for attention; I may be Social Phobic, but I still crave attention more than Bono does. Occasionally, there will be those days where I actually talk at school...