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i got invited to a party this friday. ive never been to one while in college. in high school is would sit on the couch and talk and not drink but i am expecting there to be alcohol at this one, no food to snack on i dont dance, drink, im not going to play drinking games, and i just feel super...

sometimes i get really sad and all i really want is a hug and someone to tell me i'll be ok but then i realize i dont have anyone who can do that for me. it makes me feel even lonelier, and cry more, and i just feel horrible last night i got really sad and started thinking about things and then...

do you think you would be more comfortable if you were with a few people who also had social anxiety? or would you still feel anxious? i think i would feel more comfortable since we would all have that in common

some of my friends are all around the world right now going on trips and doing great things during their winter break from uni... im sitting at home everyday. a trip to the grocery store is exciting for me because at least i get out of the house and feel like an active human being i would love...

im home from uni for the holidays and altho its been nice to spend time with friends who im more comfortable with and be around family ive been really sad still i dont have anything to do. i almost feel like i have nothing to wake up for. i sleep 9-10 hours just to pass the time. i watch tv and...

i started going to individual therapy last fall. im taking a break now but when i go back in january my therapist suggested i think about group therapy so she can see how i act in social situations. then we can meet again privately to talk about how i felt in the group etc etc but im not sure...

there is such a stigma against mental disorders. people see people who suffer from them as "crazy" or "dangerous" im a normal person. im not violent. im not threatening. but i feel like if i tell someone close to me their entire view of me will change in a negative way.

i have plans for this saturday night. im really excited about this but also worried. im going to a sports game and then out to a movie. but im afraid of what we will do after the movie. im going with two friends who have busy social lives. im scared we will get back and they will go off to do...

except i dont have any friends to spend it with. and im too embarrassed to sit in my room and do nothing because my roommate will be in and out probably so im leaving just before she gets back from class. im going into town and getting dinner by myself. then im going to do some shopping, but...

i write a lot of journal entries and this is something thta always comes up. i don't feel loved. i feel like i could disappear and no one would notice or look for me. i feel like nobody would make an effort to seek me out for any reason. that nobody genuinely cares for me, they just tolerate...

ive always thought about getting help for my SA but i always thought i could pull myself out of it alone. i was optimistic about meeting new friends and getting to be more comfortable with myself at my new university. i thought a fresh start was all i needed and while i have been making...

don't you wish you were just shy? i feel like life was easier when i was just shy. there is nothing wrong with being shy, its just a different personality type. but SA sucks.

i find that im intimidated by guys. its not even anything to do with being romantically/sexually interested. its just guys overall. i think because all throughout high school i was friends with mostly girls. i had a couple of guy friends but they were all sensitive and nice. most of my friends...

im in a new place without any friends and ive been taking so many "risks" what i mean by this is i try really, really hard to be social. ive been introducing myself to strangers, making small talk, telling people i had fun and we should hang out, and it just gets me no where. sometimes these...

when i talk to my closest friend (he lives far away)i always make him my top priority. i also have a huge crush on him and i think the feelings are mutual but its hard to read him sometimes. well talk online and ill stop everything im doing and wait for his responses. im always quick to respond...

im getting nervous for going back to uni. i will have new roommates and one of them seems really outgoing. i mean she's nice and i told her im shy and reserved but im just afraid that shes going to ask me things and im not going to answer the way she wants. or that she'll find me boring. :(...

i went out of the house today for two hours. its the only time i left the house and was social all week. while i was out everyone was talking about what they were doing and i just had nothing to say. when i left everyone else had places to be and im here online on a friday night. it felt nice to...

do you ever go out for a few hours by yourself on weekends? i dont want the people i live with thinking im a total loser so i lie about where im going and i dont tell them im going alone. most of hte time i just drive around or go shopping. or i'll go to a coffee shop all the way on the other...

i have plenty of friends but i feel like the friendships are fake and distant. i am friends with some people in the same classes at college but at night and weekends i have noone. i cant remember the last time i did something with another person. i never get invited to anything and i can only...

Im a very private person. I dont like people knowing what Im doing 24/7 and I dont like people knowing things about my personal life. I keep a lot of things secret and very few people know my feelings on things. the idea of gossip spreading about me scares me and if I tell someone something I...