Hi, been diagnosed today and am so relieved!

[tom86leeds]

Hi I'm Tom, am 22 and have just today found out I have social anxiety. I've just been living with this, just assuming it was my personality and that noone else would feel the same because its so different.

I almost cried with relief when I watched a few videos on youtube and realised other people went through the same!

 

[Chod77]

bitchen

 

[marciaX3]

congrats on your diagnosis tom i felt the same way when my therapist officially diagnosed me w/ my stuff (sad, mdd, gad, and more) after i had been seeing various therapists for YRS and no one had taken the time to officially diagnose me. but i understand that feeling of relief, to know that there's a legit reason for why you feel a certain way and think a certain way instead of it just being b/c of your personality. now i can explain to people, "i have this and this and this" and what the symptoms are so they don't just think i'm some bitch. anyhow, now that you know for real, you can accept it and work on fixing it when you're ready.

 

[EmO_tionAlChick]

Hi I'm Tom, am 22 and have just today found out I have social anxiety. I've just been living with this, just assuming it was my personality and that noone else would feel the same because its so different.

I almost cried with relief when I watched a few videos on youtube and realised other people went through the same!

I did the same thing too, I went to YT and looked at all the videos and saw that I wasn't the only one with SP. So Goodluck and wish u the best.