monument2000
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I'm a bit nervous about this, but I'll try my best. 
Hello, I'm 19 (next month), from the UK. I can hardly remember a time when I wasn't socially anxious. Eventually it was so bad I just couldn't function in a school environment, so at 12 I ended up with CBT and group therapy sessions (although the group therapy wasn't specifically for people with SA, so I didn't feel with it comfortable at all). I was discharged at 14, with significant improvements made, but about 8 months later I was diagnosed with depression and everything came flooding back. I some how made it through the depression after a year of hell, but the SA is here to stay.
I only just made it through sixth form college. I tried to isolate myself but I somehow managed to keep one friend from school, and make a new one at college. They are the only people I'm in contact with out of 7 years of education.
I applied for university, missed out on my first choice, but ended up somewhere lovely anyway. The course sounded good and the people were really nice, but I left after two weeks because I couldn't deal with all the people, the new places, the seminar groups, the drinking, the lack of privacy. I'd've gone mad if I'd stayed, but it's still biggest regret of my life.
I'm sorry, I've kind of written an essay on myself... Anyway, I'm interested in books, politics, languages, medieval history (although I don't know much about it), and a lot more that I can't really think of at the moment.
Thank you for taking the time to read. ::
Hello, I'm 19 (next month), from the UK. I can hardly remember a time when I wasn't socially anxious. Eventually it was so bad I just couldn't function in a school environment, so at 12 I ended up with CBT and group therapy sessions (although the group therapy wasn't specifically for people with SA, so I didn't feel with it comfortable at all). I was discharged at 14, with significant improvements made, but about 8 months later I was diagnosed with depression and everything came flooding back. I some how made it through the depression after a year of hell, but the SA is here to stay.
I only just made it through sixth form college. I tried to isolate myself but I somehow managed to keep one friend from school, and make a new one at college. They are the only people I'm in contact with out of 7 years of education.
I applied for university, missed out on my first choice, but ended up somewhere lovely anyway. The course sounded good and the people were really nice, but I left after two weeks because I couldn't deal with all the people, the new places, the seminar groups, the drinking, the lack of privacy. I'd've gone mad if I'd stayed, but it's still biggest regret of my life.
I'm sorry, I've kind of written an essay on myself... Anyway, I'm interested in books, politics, languages, medieval history (although I don't know much about it), and a lot more that I can't really think of at the moment.
Thank you for taking the time to read. :
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