Mattsquito
Member
I've been dealing with social anxiety since I was roughly 11 years old (I'm nearly 25 now). Never officially diagnosed, but all the traits are there. For a period of time I thought I'd "defeated" it because I had a semi-active social life and suddenly things as simple as checking out at stores didn't faze me anymore.
But through an unfortunate series of circumstances over the past five years I've found myself lonely and depressed, and the anxiety has manifested itself tenfold. I feel stuck, like no matter how many times I try to put myself out there it doesn't go very well. Or sometimes it even backfires completely. Sometimes I just go on Facebook and see that former friends and classmates have lives full of friends, parties, travels, etc. They have hundreds of photos and check-ins with large groups of friends. Meanwhile most of my pictures are just of me, taken by me.
But yeah, I found this community last night and thought I'd give it a shot since the people here seem very supportive and helpful. And I'm tired of people who don't understand telling me to just "get over it" as if it's that easy.
But through an unfortunate series of circumstances over the past five years I've found myself lonely and depressed, and the anxiety has manifested itself tenfold. I feel stuck, like no matter how many times I try to put myself out there it doesn't go very well. Or sometimes it even backfires completely. Sometimes I just go on Facebook and see that former friends and classmates have lives full of friends, parties, travels, etc. They have hundreds of photos and check-ins with large groups of friends. Meanwhile most of my pictures are just of me, taken by me.
But yeah, I found this community last night and thought I'd give it a shot since the people here seem very supportive and helpful. And I'm tired of people who don't understand telling me to just "get over it" as if it's that easy.
welcome to the forum.
