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jenkavy

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Hello all! My name is Bella, I'm a 19 year old college student. I've been diagnosed with SA and AvPD. I've been socially anxious for as long as I can remember. I don't have panic attacks or any other physical symptoms of anxiety, I just avoid a lot of things.

I'm currently on meds and doing CBT and exposure therapy. I also spent time at Rogers Memorial residential program for anxiety this winter. It helped, but only in that my SA went from "very bad" to just "bad".

Right now, I'm looking into transferring from the community college I go to, and its really scary. I'm trying to figure out if have what it takes to go into art with my issues, and there's the prospect of leaving home.

I look forward to talking with you all!

(oh god, you know you have SA when you agonize over your intro post.)
 
Welcome! What kind of art are you into? I started in graphic design, but switched to art history because of my anxiety. Then I switched to college dropout, again because of my anxiety. I hope you have better luck. :) You seem to be farther along in your treatment than I was at that age.
 
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