Hi everyone,
I just found this place yesterday so thought i'd say hello and introduce myself.
I'm a 26, i'm a girl, i'm from Edinburgh and i've had SP for as long as i can remember. I also have depression and am a recovering self-harmer.
I always thought that the SP was just me 'being weird', but when i was diagnoised and finally heard the term social phobia and was able to look it up, i realised i'd had these problems for a long time, and had somehow managed to arrange my life around the 'issues' i have. I have a problem with most social situations; speaking, writing, eating, shopping, meeting people (sometimes even if i know them well i will avoid contact), crowds, answering the phone, answering the door and so on.
I'm currently re-doing first year of uni on a different course after dropping out halfway through last year due to SP and depression. I ended up spending a couple of months in hospital with depression/anxiety after attempting it last time. Uni is just as hard this year but i have been given some help from the disability office attached to the uni this time.
I work part time (weekends) as a cleaner in a hospital, which is managable, there are no high social demands put on me and i can have my breaks on my own.
At the moment i am on no medication and recieving no treatment. Hopefully having a place like this to post to will be good for me, as now i'm back at uni i can't hide at home, the sp is getting out of hand just now.
hope to speak to you all soon
CatsMother