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My friend recently told me that she's been depressed the past few months. She feels overwhelmed with school and not passing some of the classes she's taken. She doesn't know what she wants to do with her future and it scares her. She's always been the type of person who keeps a strict timeline...

I thought this seemed appropriate. :P It's very exaggerated...But ultimately true!

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I rarely come on here because the pages take SO long to load. I've never experienced it on any other website. Just this one. I haven't seen anyone else complain about this (I dunno where we go to talk about site issues?)...So maybe it's just my computer? When I first get to the home screen and...

I get EXTREMELY nervous before presentations (they can be a minute long...it doesn't matter) at school. It's getting more and more unbearable. I get flu-like symptoms beforehand. Cold sweat, heart palpitations, vomiting, shaking, hot flashes...and some that I'd rather not list! :P It's...

Would you rather be considered shy or stuck up? Often times people think I'm stuck up because I tend to ignore them. Not because I don't like them or think I'm better than them, but because I'm scared of them, or I think they don't like me! To be completely honest, I'd rather them see me that...

I'm usually not too bad when meeting new people. In fact, I'm pretty comfortable in most situations. The only situation I'm not comfortable with is when a guy initiates a conversation with me. I completely bug out and get really nervous and totally embarrass myself! Basically, any guy that talks...

My grandma came over this afternoon and she was telling me about my little cousin who's just turned 3. Apparently, he refuses to use any bathroom that is not in his house. He throws a tantrum and his parents end up having to drive home so he can go to the bathroom. We were talking about why he...

...I usually have strong beliefs about most things, but drinking I'm not so sure about. I started out thinking that I'll never drink. My reasoning was that I felt there was no point. I didn't like the fact that I would be relying on alcohol to boost my confidence for a few hours. I'd much rather...

What are some simple things that you can do (or try to do) to everyday to help get rid of or ease your SA? I'd like to hear them so I can try them out! For me, two things have reallllyyyy helped: Smiling and eye contact. I smile at everyone and at the same time make eye contact with them. It...

I'm an absolutely terrible public speaker! I hate it! It's my top fear. I feel like I've had so much experience doing presenations and speeches and readings in front of the class, but it seems like each time I do it, it gets harder. Not sure how that works... Anyway, I'm wondering about taking...

My panic attacks (I think it's a symptom of a panic attack?) consist of nothing but chest tightness. I'm sure some of you have experienced this, but for those who haven't, it's basically like someone is sitting on my chest not allowing me to get a full deep breath in. I don't get enough oxygen...

To those of you who were/are in a relationship/marriage/whatever, how long did it take you to become comfortable around them? Or, were you just comfortable around them from the start and that's why you're with them? 'Cause, my bff who doesn't have SA or even the slightest shyness at all, got...

I think a lot of my problems with SA have to do with plunging myself into a fantasy world whenever things go wrong. Not even a fantasy world...But a future world. A world where I think about what my life could be like. My future husband, my future kids, my future home, job...etc. I dream about...

It basically describes how I'm feeling right now to a T... In the car I just can't wait to pick you up on our very first date Is it cool if I hold your hand? Is it wrong if I think it's lame to dance? Do you like my stupid hair? Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear? I'm too scared of...

All throughout this week I've had the constant feeling of throwing up thanks to various anxiety-induced reasons. It's one of the worst feelings in the world. My anxiety completely went away for a few years (unless I was doing a presentation or something) but it has since come back. Because I...

Every morning I take the bus and skytrain to school. I wait at the bus station in my town, take the bus to the skytrain station 30 minutes away and take the skytrain for 10 minutes to my college (I'm an 18 year old first year). One friday morning I was waiting at the skytrain station for the...

So, this may not be the best place to ask...Most people here struggle with meeting new people/making and keeping friends/surviving school...etc. But, I figure everyone knows where I'm coming from. And, lots of you have already been to college/uni and can give me some pointers! So basically, I...

I feel like I don't need to take drastic measures to get through my social anxiety, so I want to try to exercise and/or do yoga to help me. For those of you who exercise, what do you do? Do you do it everyday? How long each day? For those of you who do yoga, what poses do you do? For how long...

I find comfort in looking at sites like these...As well as SAF which I'm currently a part of. However, I feel like they hinder me more than they help. I feel like I'm always on them. I make friends easily here, and talk to them, rather than going out and trying to make real-life friends who I...