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does anyone else's anxiety peak when they are at work? i can handle shopping, going to school, going out because i can cope with it. in those environments i only have to interact with people on a superficial level and i am free to leave and hide away by myself if i feel too much pressure. there...

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i always procrastinate getting my hair cut. i end up getting it done like once a year because i am afraid they will mess it up. it's not so much the social anxiety that keeps me away but the fear that they will mess up my hair (which takes a long time to grow). then once i finally get it cut i...

what are you like during the morning when you first wake up? ...during later morning? do you consider yourself a morning person? when i wake up in the morning i always feel SO ANGRY if anyone even so much as talks to me. it is totally irrational and fucked up but... it's like i can't control...

growing up i feel like my mom would always single me out and degrade me. she didn't treat me very well. it basically taught me resentment, mistrust, and HATE. i feel like such a hateful person. logically thinking, that is not the kind of person i want to be, but when i find myself in a social...

i'd put this in a "stress" section but there isn't one. so today i was at school walking up a very large, steep hill to get to class. this kid in front of me was walking by himself. suddenly he unabashedly belched really loud and then turned a corner. i looked at the back of him in awe and...

seem to be one of the few places i can most relax. it is hard to relax no matter where i am. even when i am sitting here at night alone i am tense with anticipation for tomorrow's obligations. the only time i truly feel peace is when i am warm, asleep (without a set alarm clock) and when i am...

are there any other adults here who opt to live at home? i'm 28 and currently living at a parent's house. while there are a lot of annoyances about it there are obviously the benefits. there are minor petty annoyances like noises while i'm trying to sleep, people using my toiletries, things...

the only reason i do it is because of the decent $$$, the flexible hours to fit around school, and it's closeby. other than that i loathe my job. i am a waitress in a high volume restaurant. with social anxiety. that's right. if i'm not on edge about the customers, i'm on edge about my...

I'm glad they took the pic at the top with the people smiling and giving a thumbs up off the site. That was so cheesy (no offense). Can someone make alternate skins for the forums? I would offer to do some but I don't have the time to install phpnuke onto my own site and tweak at it. I'm sure...

What are your nervous tics? I can't stop moving, unless I am asleep. I am constantly fidgeting my fingers, moving my arms, repositioning myself, sometimes rocking. In social situations my nervous ticks become more extensive. When I speak I have a hard time putting sentences together (my mind...

New Book: How Shyness Became a Mental Illness EVANSTON, Ill. --- What's wrong with being shy, and just when and how did bashfulness and other ordinary human behaviors in children and adults become psychiatric disorders treatable with powerful, potentially dangerous drugs, asks a Northwestern...

Nasal spray helps people fight their fears By Nicole Martin source A nasal spray containing an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis may help people to overcome their fears of public speaking, attending work parties or even performing karaoke. Psychologists found that sprays emitting...

I never remember a single instance when my parents ever taught me to stand up for myself. I wondered about others here.

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One of my bosses is a jerk. I feel like he picks on me. I already posted the other day about how he likes to make me blush everyday. Recap: so the other day he said it is his goal everyday to get me to blush, how it is so easy. He laughed at me and got my coworkers to look at me while I was red...

What are some of your coping strategies while you are in public? What are the things that keep you going so that you don't panic while in public? Mine are all bad habits I can't seem to break: - repellant eye contact - ignore people unless they speak directly to me - turn myself off, zone out I...

Do you often find yourself sitting in the fetal position with your knees up to your chin? I do. It is the most comfortable way for me to sit. I find it to be calming because I feel warm and almost protected. I just wondered if this might be related to my anxiety.

Ugh. At work today my manager teased me and said that every day I come into work he likes to give me a hard time just to watch me turn red. He wouldn't stop and then got other coworkers to look at me. So yeah, I turned beat red. :oops: He told me that my new nickname was going to be "Red."...

Does anyone else feel angry almost all the time? Or this sense of general frustration? I often feel pissed off because I cannot properly express myself. I have certain subconcious limits to how much I will speak. The extent of most of the things I will say are very generic responses like, "Oh...