Do you tell your friends/people you know that you are a member of SPW?

[Daniel089]

yes/no w/ explanation!
I thought it would be interesting to know if you inform people around you about you needed some help and registered on the site.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

I've told my therapist and doctor, and my mom, dad, sister and brother all know.
I don't have any friends.
If I did, I'd imagine telling them wouldn't really be a big deal.

 

[coyote]

the main reason i wouldn't tell anyone

is because then they could tell

how much time i spend

online goofing off

 

[psych]

No, I'm not a trusting soul. It could be used to hurt me.
My male best friend knows... But, he hates the internet, & also suffers from SA... So, no big deal there.

 

[lonely_drummer]

Haven't told a soul

 

[Gaucho]

haha, no, that would be too embarrassing.

 

[ForeverTheWeirdKid]

This seems like one of those things friends find out on there on lol.

 

[market.garden]

I've not told anyone and I don't think I ever will. No one even knows I have SA, let alone that I'm a member of an online forum.

 

[Phoenixx]

I've not told anyone and I don't think I ever will. No one even knows I have SA, let alone that I'm a member of an online forum.

^ This for me too.

 

[MikeyC]

Yes, I've told many people.

No, I haven't specifically told my family.

 

[KiaKaha]

Yes I have told a few people - their overwhelming indifference illustrates just how pointless that exercise really was.

 

[lyricalliaisons]

No, there would be no reason to. My mom knows I go on sites related to social anxiety though.

 

[Minty]

No, that would be weird... I'm fine with telling people I have social phobia. But they don't need to know where I go. I need some sense of privacy.

 

[apollo]

I told my girlfriend about a year ago and she seemed ok with it. Honestly it was a bit of an awkward conversation.

I never told anyone else. My parents don't believe I have SA, they just say stuff like 'stop being so down on yourself.'

 

[speakerheart]

yes/no w/ explanation!
I thought it would be interesting to know if you inform people around you about you needed some help and registered on the site.

Yes, i have.Not many though.

 

[DeadmanWalking]

I have only told a past college teacher that I still talk to and my past counselor. Oh, and my brother as well. I don't want to tell anyone else and my family just believes that I'm unnaturally shy for some reason or another.

 

[THeCARS1979]

I've told my therapist and doctor, and my mom, dad, sister and brother all know.
I don't have any friends.
If I did, I'd imagine telling them wouldn't really be a big deal.

You probably have some friends you just dont remember. Ive came a long way to where I was before. I can plan things better now. I can talk better. I yearn to do things now too.

 

[MrJones]

My parents, sister and therapists know I frequent a forum about social anxiety, they don't know which one.

 

[Hoppy]

I do not think they will care.

 

[Richey]

No chance.

I have learnt that people judge to much, become gossipy. They just see you as weaker for it more often then having sympathy, from what i can tell. Unless that person who you tell also has experienced similar neurosis.