Do you think life would be so much easier if you didn't have SA?

[THeCARS1979]

Yes i know my life would be easier then it is. It has gotten better in the past two years and since I've been going for Neurofeedback therapy.

 

[Srijita52]

It would make life easier, having anxiety makes life so much harder. I dread to think if i had a crisis in my life, how would i cope when i already have all this anxiety!?

I wonder that too ;-(

 

[pebblesdundee]

Of course it would

 

[upndwn]

I have mostly overcome my SA, so I know how it is to live both with and without it and I must say it's a relief that I no longer have to live in fear of other people, but life is still not easy.

 

[Moo]

I'd imagine it would be easier but still not easy. I think the main difference would be that I would try more things and accomplish more. There are a lot of things I really want to do but feel my anxiety is holding me back.

I also would love to go through days without agonising over things I've done or said. I'm pretty sure I'd be happier. I would change myself completely if I could. I don't want to be the life of the party but I would like to be what seems to be normal.

 

[R3K]

it's impossible for me to imagine what life is like without SA... it seems that non SA sufferers have their own challenges and difficulties. sometimes i think we SA'ers are smater than they, because we create our little bubbles of safety and protect ourselves from all the hard sh** in life.

 

[*Amy*]

Yes, definitely. But I've already accepted it and I guess I'll have to keep going on, even with my limitations.

 

[Invisibleman]

I think life would be so much easier.I completely agree with beatrice though like I seriously dont know what problems you would have if you didnt have SA,because for me SA just cause more problems.Ive always had SA even at a young age I was quiet and was too nervous to talk to people.My SA has always caused me to have very few friends,now im in my late teens and I have no friends.I had one but he found new friends and just ditched me completely.Now im alone all the time and it didnt bother me at first but I felt like I started to go insane. I started to become scared of people in general,I became scared just to walk to the corner store.I went to my therapist and now she says im becoming slightly agoraphobic.so thats another problem caused by this SA cancer. I have the worst temper on the planet and it started to get worse.like calm to hulk in a second flat over the littlest things.and people are just pure evil like the kids at school they woulld always pick on me because I was so quiet and they would try to get a reaction out of me.I started to have dreams about going on a school shooting and stuff.Im a nice guy and would never do that though sorry for the rant but I think living without SA would be such a weight lifted off me.Id be so fresh and new.

 

[MaliceInWickedland]

I wouldn't really call it "easier", but normal - definitely.

 

[FriendlessGirl]

Yes it would because then i wouldn't have to worry about sitting all alone in recess or pretend to read a book just to show that I'm busy.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

I would be able to work and pay my own rent, so yes! Totally!

 

[userremoved]

Definitely easier. I'm trying to get my education finished so that maybe I can have a decent job and SA makes the experience a nightmare. While other students are worried about that next test, Im worried about that next test AND having to deal with the other students. Plus a lot of them seem to enjoy the college life. All I saw on facebook over the Summer was stuff like "I cant wait to go back to school" or "I miss my friends there" while my experience is just work and stress there.

 

[JamesSmith]

Yes, of course it would. But we all die some day, and that can't be avoided, so even if my life was better now, it would end eventually.

 

[Falkor]

Oh yeah, it would make me much more comfortable about anything!
I mean, SA is much more than being shy , huh? So this is a huge thing which is making things hard on me. And the worry master in my head. Always wanting to win the battle. Silly games don' cha think?

But still, I wouldn't want another life, I maybe have been fighting in the dark for 3 years, but I still learnt a lot, I mean... If you can do anythign without fighting for, you can just catch. It's too easy and just a boredom. So you don't even want to fight anymore, and mostly don't know what it's like to fight.
(life experience)

It teached me how to keep holding on and believe in things, because you want it so truly.

So I'm happy, even though it hurts.

 

[Lonelykitsune]

Yes, it would be one less problem. I could have more friends and things to do outside work or study School wouldn't be the daily social ordeal it is, just an academic ordeal. During hard times like exams etc I wouldn't be facing the problems alone.

 

[simpsons2007]

I'm going to have to say NO.

Because I would still have problems communicating with people. I have no real social skills with or without SA I would still be the same. Even when I feel comfortable being around someone and my SA doesn't make me feel anxious I still sit in awkward silence as I don't know what to say. My brain doesn't work properly when it comes to interaction.

 

[Kat]

It would be a different perspective. I think it has made me more conscious to be more accepting, but I just need to hone that care where it matters.

 

[ChrystaR]

I think my life would be sooooo much easier and happier without SA. My SA and health problems are dragging me down so much and ruining my life.

But on the other hand, if I could do life over again, I wouldn't get rid of it because it has made me who I am today. Even though I am still suffering, I like who I am on the inside and I wouldn't be that way without SA.

 

[PhantomPod]

YES!! Seriously, if I didn't have any anxiety, life would be a freakin' breeze. Damnnn, I really wish that there was just one magic pill to take that would cure all anxiety automatically and not give any side effects.