Sweetie29
New member
I am a 34 year old married mum and have 2 kids...This is all new to me, its only recently that I realised that I suffer from a social phobia. I haven't sought treatment as I'm to scared to tell the doctor about it, thinking that he'll see me as crazy or something similar. I once told him that I suffered from nerves and he replied why would I have any reason to have them. This is because I don't work and he thinks my life is easy..It isn't.. my daughter is going on 14 in a couple of months and my little boy is 11 going on 12 later in the year. My husband knows I suffer with nerves but he doesn't care and believes I'm being stupid. We don't get along that well and he isn't a nice person, putting me down alot. This doesn't help my situation either. I live in a small country town and spend most of my time at home alone..this is after I get my kids off to school. I'm at a loss as how I'm to get over this as their are no local support groups and I don't have any close family around or any friends. I feel so alone at times and scared. I so want to be able to go out and get a job but I don't know where to start. This phobia I have stops me. I hate being around lots of people and find social situations intimidating. I have been like this ever since I can remember. I think it was a combination of my family, my dad was an alcoholic and fought with my mum all the time, and school. I hated school as everyone used to make fun of me all the time. I was a very shy person..I don't think this helped the situation at all either..anyway its nice to finally meet other people who are suffering from something similar to me, I hope that we can all become firm friends and help each other out in times of need.. 
