How old were you when you started having Social Phobia?

[Ghost91]

I'm not 100% sure but I know it started before I was in primary school.

 

[AimeeSP]

I've had it since around 11/12 when i started secondary school and when things from the past became clearer to me.

 

[NathanielWingatePeaslee]

Since pre-k at the very latest. Probably my whole life.

 

[Elenwen]

I can't remember a time that I didn't have it, though it got really bad once I started school.

 

[Emily_G]

I'm not sure. I know I started to stutter at a very young age...basically when I started talking.

 

[lyricalliaisons]

Wow lol. I just clicked this link & it says I already voted on this poll, but it says I picked "21-more years old" . Why would I do that lol????? I've had SP since I was under 5 lol. I must have not read the question or something lol because I would have never picked that. I wish I could remember doing it.

 

[Day_Tripper]

Around 12.

 

[Pookah]

All my life. Probably something to do with being a naturally shy child or the asperger's diagnosis.

 

[Noca]

I don't know, I've been shy all my life.

 

[DarkSeeker]

I remember when I was very young that my "tyrants" brought me to their little tea parties with the rest of "family" to exhibit me like some zoo animal. I was always the only kid there and spent all my time in a corner alone playing with toys, watching tv or something and waiting to go home where I could spend more time alone but in my room.

I wasn't even 5 that I was already that weird loner brooding in a dark corner.

 

[Keri]

I have had social anxiety as far back as I can remember which is around 5. The way I'm told is that I was always a clingy kid and wouldn't go to anyone except my parents.

 

[laurenboborenfefifoforen]

Middle school was bad, I was never used to being picked on or anything so I was always just 'me',
found out people don't like that.
I got really reclusive around 13 or 14.

 

[lurknomore]

Like some others, I was always shy, but I don't think I had full social phobia until I was a teenager... possibly 11/12- the onset of puberty.

 

[Chlo]

177 under 5 years old. That shocked me.

 

[jaixo]

Fourth grade, age 9.

 

[vivianvargas]

yea me too. i kinda think that i have social anxiety because of how i was raised. when i was little i remember of moving into different places quite few times. and i was not allowed to go outside. sometimes i got playmates [neighbors] but not to the extent of making close friends. im still aloof with them around. all i do most of the time is watch cartoons. i didnt even experience playing street games:c

 

[Illusions]

Well as a kid I was shy and selectively mute, and starting from my early teen years I was socially anxious. So technically, I've had it all my life. *sigh*

 

[Kiwong]

I was bullied and teased at school that is when it started. I was about 13.

It started to get really worse ten years ago for me. I'm 47 now.

 

[206Raider]

I think when I was born but started showing signs around 11

 

[NickyNacker]

I was around 14. It was middle school. And I always think back to that time and wonder what went wrong.

Actually, I guess I should say 14 is when it started becoming a real issue. I feel like I've had social anxiety since I was little. I was always over-dramatic, over-sensitive, afraid of rejection, etc. And I think those things are the roots of what is now my terrible social anxiety. If that makes sense... ?