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To talk to ourselves? I'll admit I do it all the time. Am I strange for doing this? I even talk out loud sometimes. I've done it for years, but only when I'm certain no one else is around. I've heard some people say it's a sign of insanity, but I don't buy into that. Still, I'm curious if...

How many of you are? I've finally come to terms with the fact that I can hardly live without getting online everyday. Sometimes it feels like a compulsion. I just log onto the same sites over and over again, despite the fact that I know they haven't even had time to update.

Body get really hot when you're in social situations? I mean it feels like heatwaves are coursing through your body and you feel so overheated that within minutes your shirt is damp with sweat? That's what happens to me all the time. I just had to make a phone call and my whole body...

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It's an episode of the MTV documentary show "True Life". This one is called "I Live Another Life on the Web" and a lot of it really hit close to home for me, and I knew it would for a lot of people here as well. It follows three girls, one who suffers from social anxiety and is lonely, one who...

Spending the entire day indoors alone? I mean without so much as even setting foot outside? I haven't gone anywhere in almost two days. Not that I have anywhere to go. But sometimes I am just downright amazed that I can stand to be in the same place for so long when most people would be...

How do you guys combat loneliness? I am experiencing a bout of it more severe than ever lately. I feel absolutely dead inside. :?

It's a vague question, I know, but does anyone else think it's a good idea for someone with social anxiety?

I just started a new job a couple of days ago and I can already tell that it's not for me. It's just too stressful. It's direct customer service over the phone for hours on end. I mean about 8 hours straight of people calling, and, calling, and calling, and then some of the same people who's...

A call center? I mean I guess it's like you sit behind a computer and call people...or something. Well here's the website for the one I have an interview with: http://www.tascomessagecenters.com/home.html I'm just not sure how well-suited a job like this would be for me. What do you guys think...

The relationship between my Dad and me has been strained for the last few years because I haven't had a job due to my social anxiety. But I never realized the extent of his frustration with me until today. I'm used to my Dad blowing his top and hounding me about getting a job as well as...

And that's "What is there to look forward to?" Personally I don't see anything in the near or distant future. People always proclaim that life is worth living , though I've seen little proof for anyone who isn't already enjoying their existence in some way. But for those of us with this...

Received disability benefits because of their social anxiety? If so, I'm curious as to what the criteria was for you to be eligible.

Their lives have lost nearly all promise? I mean not to be negative or anything, but for me being in such a dysfunctional position has left me wondering what there even is to look forward to. I can't see anything right now. I find myself wondering what the hell it is about life exactly that...

I was just wondering if anyone could think of any jobs that don't involve customer service or a lot of customer interaction. I've been searching but they're SO hard to find. I swear everything I come up with besides delivering phone books involves some kind of customer service. I hate being 20...

Does anyone else find themselves lying, or as I prefer to call it, distorting the truth in order to avoid responsibilities sometimes? I've done it too many times, today being the most recent. I was supposed to be going out with my job coach today who is attempting to help me find suitable...

I've just started seeing a new therapist to help me try and get a handle on my social anxiety so that I can become a normal, functioning, productive adult (my parents idea of course). Anyway, last week during my session I was telling my therapist about how hard it is for me in social situations...

Does anyone else have relatives who seem to think that if you just take medication that you will be able to function through daily life or am I the only one? My Dad keeps making it clear to me that he's genuinely under the misguided impression that if I take enough medications long enough I will...

Having their parents throw them out of the house? That's the situation I'm in right now. I'm jobless, carless, and soon to be homeless. I guess parents' understanding of social phobia can only go so far. Especially fathers. The thing I don't understand is how things are going to get any better...