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I'm so shy and I don't know how to change it. In elementary school I didn't make friends untill third grade. Before then I had only my best friend, which I was perfectly happy with. But in third grade we got seperated because we had a different recess so I was alone untill one day a group of...

-What causes someone to blush when they get embarrassed? -Is there a drug that I can take to stop me from blushing when I get embarrassed? -What are some of the drugs to overcome social phobia?

Hi there! I suffered from this disorder for a very long period of time. Then trie vitamin B6 and now I am as confident as the next person. I promise. I t changed my self consciousness completely. Take about 4 times the recommended daily allowance, and see if it works for you. It is safe and...

Hi there! I suffered from this disorder for a very long period of time. Then trie vitamin B6 and now I am as confident as the next person. I promise. I t changed my self consciousness completely. Take about 4 times the recommended daily allowance, and see if it works for you. It is safe and...

Hi there! I suffered from this disorder for a very long period of time. Then trie vitamin B6 and now I am as confident as the next person. I promise. I t changed my self consciousness completely. Take about 4 times the recommended daily allowance, and see if it works for you. It is safe and you...

I see alot of people recommending hypnotherapy, but when I've tried, I CAN'T be hypnotized, the reason is my mind is always "fighting" me, I imagine alot of you guys no what I'm talking about here, for example, when I want to go to sleep at night, I can't, why because I want to, yet all day...

So far I've tried paxill, zoloft, and prozac, NONE of them worked, I got all the side effects ofcourse, typical of my life, but the ONE good thing it was supposed to do, it didn't, I don't have insurance, and I can't keep paying these outrageous prices to keep experimenting with these drugs. My...

I find I`m very shy/retiring socially(very introverted) and really most of the time have very little or nothing to say I find though that when I get a load of hard drugs down me,I really come to life and more often than not,am suddenly the life and soul of the party. Is this the answer..... :P

Hi, I found this by searching on Yahoo... I used to post on a different board, but was kicked off because the mod just chose not to like me... couldn't understand how I can be really emotional... on a social anxiety support board. Whatever. I am a 21-year-old guy from New Jersey in the US. I...

I thought i've been doing pretty good until today when i went to a small grocery store. I just found myself frozen with fear and wanted to crawl out of the store. What was the weardest was, i stood talking to a wonderful older man, who was telling me of how his family, back in the day, would...

Only Kim Bassinger she has panic attatcks, but I believe it is different because if she had real social anxiety she woiuldn't be able to act .....

Hi there, I'm Have. I'd like to meet people in London. I've got social phobia or somethin similar, (avoidant personality?). We could help each other. :D

Hello! I am a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. I am currently working on my dissertation in which I am investigating the potential effect of one's childhood relationships with parents and peers on the development of Social Anxiety...

What would you say would be the difference between shyness and social-phobia? They both seem so similar to me. Sue

Like me. One of the reasons I hate being out in public is seeing all the women out there with a different sexual fantasy popping into my head for each one yet I am mentally incapable of making even the slightest connection with any of them. This sucks. I used to at least be able to get laid or...

I just recently learned of this thing called Endoscopic Thoracic Surgery. This procedure is said to eliminate or reduce symptoms such as facial blushing, hyperhidrosis, etc. I have suffered from frequent severe episodes of facial blushing my entire life, brought on by social phobia/anxiety. I...

I have been taking prozac now for nearly 6 months to try and treat my depression/social phobia. I began on 20 mg/day, and now I'm up to 40 mg/day. For a while, the 40 mg dose seemed to be working for the most part...I was feeling better about myself and was more outgoing. Now, I seem to be...

hey guys, just letting folks know about our real-life(YIKES!!:-) support group here in D.C.....we meet weekly ...if you're feelin' brave email us @ [email protected] and we'll send you our group's flyer with all the details.... hope you can join us! Greg

I read that hypnosis (in praticular hypnotherapy) can be used to help people address their phobias. Does anyone know/heard about hypnosis with social phobics? This came to me because someone in a forum wrote that he thinks that reprogramming one's mind is possible. I need answers! I can't...

Hello, I am a 17 year old male and have just found the name of my illness. its caused me alot of trouble through out my life, I used to get myself kicked of of school on purpose just so I wouldn't have to go, I used to try to hide from everyone cause I didn't want to be bothered or seen, I...