Do you believe your SA could have been prevented?

[Hellhound]

If my environment would have been better, things would not be as bad as they are now. I'm sure.

 

[Shant]

Yes.

I used to be a happy, outgoing child. Sure, I was socially awkward; I was socially isolated for the first five or so years of my life, of which I have to thank for my lack of social skills. But I wasn't social phobic. And I like being a bit weird.

I wish I could be like that again. I have others to thank in regards to changing a happy outgoing child to a depressed social phobic. Meh.


Seeing as it can be genetic, I guess it's good I don't intend to have any children or a relationship anytime soon. If by some off chance I do, I'll probably go for adoption. Social Phobia's the least of my psychological worries, I'm still a medical mystery the doctors can't figure out and I don't need to bring someone into this world who would have to deal with what I did, but possibly worse.

 

[marielb]

i have 5 sisters and still ended up with sa so i definately dont think that is the reason you have it.but then it is different for every1,i have had this all of my life and dont know the reason why xx

 

[dottie]

neglect, isolation, and abuse does not breed a self confident individual that thrives in society. it is preventable.

i agree with josephg that there is a genetic predisposition and SA traits can preside or subside depending on environmental influence.

 

[Kat]

Not sure I do have a learning difficulty an audio comprehension problem which exacerbates social phobia. So if some of the things that happened didn't, I would still have to deal with that. Also mental illness runs in the family.

 

[Steppen-Wolf]

No, I strongly believe it's genetic.

But it might have been lessened by certain conditions being different as I grew up.

 

[Paahi]

No, I believe it's genetic.

 

[Falkor]

Yes, I think so. My mom used to be Agoraphobic and also my grandmother has been into that cycle. So it's a common thing in my family.

I also think that the chaos has triggered anxiety for me.

Also, I think it is not only genetic, it is caused from bad experiences, too.

It's a double effect for me, so that's why it is so SSA. Severe,Social,Anxiety.

Things in the past ruined my future, and in the future I have to let go my past.

I discovered i actually am afraid of people, but it has to do with my past, i have to deal with the past, and I'll be less anxious and suspicious of what people think.

 

[Leonie]

I believe mine could have been prevented.......I had a very traumatic incident when I was younger and this lead to me being overprotected by my parents and others around me. In a way, it kind of stunted my social skills as I didn't have to interact with people I didn't know and lead me to having a fear of certain situations especially if I didn't have a 'protector' with me!

 

[Advodoc]

Probably not at all. I've had SA my entire life. Only medication seems to help - so in my mind its biological, although social experiences can certainly make it worse or better.

 

[Predacon]

I'm inclined to think it is genetic so there's no way it could be prevented, but I think it can be controlled to some degree.

 

[vj288]

I think yes, but by that I just mean I don't think it is wholly, or even mostly, genetic. I could pinpoint some events and actions that most likely cemented the path to where I am today, but without knowing that these things would lead me here, there was nothing really to be prevented at the time. I don't blame any outside sources, I think it just happened and if there's anyone to blame it is myself. It's not like I was bullied or abused or mistreated, it's just the way the cards fell.

 

[Rodney]

Not sure. I've always felt different and like I didn't belong sooo who knows.

 

[idk123]

I believe how you were raised and how you interact as a child affects if you have SA or not.

 

[cloudbound]

I have thought about this...I was diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder when I was younger (due to my father leaving me as a baby I have always struggled in forming relationships of any kind, except with my mother where I developed seperation anxiety) I wonder if the 2 are linked in some way....

 

[ludovico]

Yes I do.. My parents are kinda sp's too.. Without them, maybe, I would not have become sp.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

No, probably not.
I believe it's mostly genetic, so even if I had grown up to be socially accepted as a child and unabused as a teenager; I still would've pulled away from society and become agoraphobic over time because I am so selfconscious and paranoid around people.

I am just like my father in almost every way.
He grew up much differently than I did- but still ended up agoraphobic and alone, so I feel like that may be my fate as well- no matter what.
I'll just have to make due with however I end up living my life.

 

[corvax]

I've always been shy, so I think I probably have a proclivity towards SA. But yes, I do think that it could have been prevented. I think if I had been successfully treated for depression when it first started or had, at the very least, not gone onto the massive public junior high (where I just... got lost) things could have gone very differently.

But hindsight is always 20/20.

 

[Dead_on_Arrival]

I have had so much pain in my lfe I have never reallyu known any different since I was about five. If it wasn't for the people who felt a need to destroy me for 7 years of my life I would like to think I would have been a totally different person. But if not for them would I be where I am now with a wife and two kids.

 

[chepei]

Perhaps. My parents isolated my sister and I for a long time. So when it was actually time for us to interact with other children, we both became anxious and physically sick. I was bullied...by other students and by my own sisters at one point. I still feel as though I would still be a shy person even if my past was changed. But I don't know if the severity of my SA would change.