did anyone develop social anxiety not as a result of bullying

Remus

Remus

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It seems for the majority of us that some kind of life trauma was the trigger. I don't think I've ever heard anyone with SA say they had a great childhood or adult life before they developed SA. For me it was my mum suffering with post natal depression and taking it out on me as a baby and then sexual abuse by a relative at the age of 6. I was never bullied though.
 
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I can't say for sure, but I'm fairly certain mine started due to my home life as a kid. There was so much arguing and violence in our house that I remember thinking I was watching Tom and Jerry in real life. I spent at least half my childhood hiding from my parents. I wasn't ever bullied though - I just avoided people habitually once I started going to school and it spiraled downwards from there.
 
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Kinetik said:
I can't say for sure, but I'm fairly certain mine started due to my home life as a kid. There was so much arguing and violence in our house that I remember thinking I was watching Tom and Jerry in real life. I spent at least half my childhood hiding from my parents. I wasn't ever bullied though - I just avoided people habitually once I started going to school and it spiraled downwards from there.
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I can completely relate to that! You end up in an environment where you can never feel at ease, constantly watching what you say and waiting for the next fight to happen.
 
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Remus said:
It seems for the majority of us that some kind of life trauma was the trigger. I don't think I've ever heard anyone with SA say they had a great childhood or adult life before they developed SA. For me it was my mum suffering with post natal depression and taking it out on me as a baby and then sexual abuse by a relative at the age of 6. I was never bullied though.
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Oh gosh Remus, so sorry to hear about that...

My parents quarrelled a lot too.. And dad could get physically abusive if he got angry.. (not sexual, just 'punishment'.. I was a lively girl.. 'livewire'.. and he 'couldn't be bossed around by a 6 year old' or so-?? his words, not mine.. I sometimes think people'd need permits and obligatory courses for parenting..)

I didn't really get bullied mostly.. maybe once, though it was actually really odd.. I just felt so different from other kids most of the time..
certain things like relatives dying or job/career stress often made things worse later on too, yeah..
 
EscapeArtist

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Interesting.. what you all are saying about a hostile environment, caused by parents' depression or aggression.. My parents were always fighters as well. They both had depression and anger issues. I do remember hiding a lot from them because of the way they would react to anything I said, or did, or where I looked when I was around my mom, who had severe paranoia/sa...etc
 
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