I'm not 100% sure but I know it started before I was in primary school.
How old were you when you started having Social Phobia?
How old were you when you started having Social Phobia?
- under 5 years old 45 · 19%
- 5-10 years old 46 · 20%
- 10-12 years old 42 · 18%
- 13-17 years old 66 · 28%
- 18-21 years old 20 · 9%
- 21-more years old 5 · 2%
- not sure 11 · 5%
235 voters · voting is closed
#22
I've had it since around 11/12 when i started secondary school and when things from the past became clearer to me.
#23
Since pre-k at the very latest. Probably my whole life.
#24
I can't remember a time that I didn't have it, though it got really bad once I started school.
I'm not sure. I know I started to stutter at a very young age...basically when I started talking.
#26
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.
#27
Around 12.
#28
All my life. Probably something to do with being a naturally shy child or the asperger's diagnosis.
#29
I don't know, I've been shy all my life.
#30
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.
I wasn't even 5 that I was already that weird loner brooding in a dark corner.
#31
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.
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.
found out people don't like that.
I got really reclusive around 13 or 14.
#33
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.
177 under 5 years old. That shocked me.
Fourth grade, age 9.
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
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*
#38
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.
It started to get really worse ten years ago for me. I'm 47 now.
#39
I think when I was born but started showing signs around 11
#40
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... ?
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... ?