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Hey all, i thought it would be fun to trade "secrets" or things we do in social situations when we are feeling like we cant handle it. So instead of running out of the door making excuses (like i once did!) why you have to leave, what do you do to make your SA more manageable in public...

I think alot of the fear, sadness and anxiety i feel is due to the fact that ive been dealing with alot of family problems in the past few years. my parents are seperated now, and we all moved on seperately in different homes. See my mom very often, and my father less and less, but it just make...

Hi all, I was chatting with my buddy at a bar this week, and we were talking about our SA. He has a very difficult time being around strangers and people he doesn't know very well, but he's totally comfortable around friends. I, on the other hand, have the opposite problem: Im fine around...

i just need to whine...i got into a fight with my only girlfriend, we're not talking at all, and i have no interest in reconciling, turns out she's not a good friend at all. I felt that i was just someone for her to call up when she didnt have her other best friend to hang with. They got into a...

I really need to vent. I recently posted something about being "the third wheel" and was really comforted in knowing that many of you felt the same way. Well tonight I went out with 2 of my girlfriends, and it was horrible I felt totally ignored. we used to be really close the 3 of us, but I...

Hi there. I've been wanting to ask this for so long, but I didn't know anyone on anti-depressants until I found this support group. For those taking them, do you drink alcohol or smoke marijuana or anything? When I do go out every now and then, I like to have a drink. My doctor says I can only...

Isn't it awful going out with people or friends in groups of 3 ?! Because of SA and my insecurities, I always end up feeling like the THIRD WHEEL and it feels terrible! Ughh. Like when you only have space on the sidewalk for two people to walk next to each other, the third person's gotta either...

Hi, maybe someone can give me some advice. I've been on Paxil for four years now for depression, and it helped at first, but lately I've been really down and I started developping social anxiety, so I think I've developped some sort of resilience to it because i dont think its working for me...

I just wanted to know if other people feel this way too... I have alot of anxiety when it comes to going somewhere, like away from my house for a few days, sometimes even sleeping at a friend's home. It's like, I can't part from my safety zone, I need to be there. I've never really travelled...

Hi, I just found this site the other day and was so relieved to know that there ARE other people out there that feel the way I do! I think my social anxiety began to surface when I felt that people were constantly looking at me. I couldn't (and still can't) understand why they fixed their eyes...