Hvae you ever met a fellow social phobia sufferer?
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I've met a few socially phobic people, I met up with one of my really good SA mates a few months ago, and I met a SA couple, and then I saw those three and lots of others at a meet. When I met the first guy (my good mate) we were both fairly anxious but I don't think either of us seemed particularly socially anxious. When I met the couple they both seemed a bit on edge, but not terribly SA. When I went to the meet though, everyone seemed pretty much alright, I felt like the only terrified one there lol!! But I think everyone was probably more anxious than they seemed.
Naomi x
Naomi x
SilentOutlaw
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I went to an alternative school for my last years of high school and there were 4 students out of 20 who were social anxiety sufferers. The teacher there understood SA, and didn't force students to answer questions out loud and do presentations in front of the class if they were ucomfortable with it. In normal high school I never knew anyone with social anxiety. I am just glad there was this alternative school so people with problems could feel more comfortable and get through it better.
Meaning_of_meaningless
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i used to know a friend who had SP, i tried to counsel him even though i didnt understand what SP was ( I didnt had SP then). I thought it was weird that he would worry so much about the others around him. He was usually very quiet and I would be the one talking most of the time. But later we separated and soon I developed SP..sob
Reholla
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There are so many celebs that have anxiety and some that have had social phobia. Donny Osmond, Barbara Streisand. Apparently they had it pretty bad. Obviously it wasnt when they were acting/singing, but later in life.
A girl from my high school had SP, though we hardly talked then. I acutally feel guilty now cause I wasn't the nicest person to her then. That was when I had my group of friends, and nothing to worry about. I thought she was "weird." Its sad that it takes this long to realize theres so much more to people than what you can see by just talking with them. You really dont know why ppl do the things they do. Thats not to say you shouldnt be able to hold ppl accountable or make excuses for ppl. But I have definitely learned not to be so quick to judge
A girl from my high school had SP, though we hardly talked then. I acutally feel guilty now cause I wasn't the nicest person to her then. That was when I had my group of friends, and nothing to worry about. I thought she was "weird." Its sad that it takes this long to realize theres so much more to people than what you can see by just talking with them. You really dont know why ppl do the things they do. Thats not to say you shouldnt be able to hold ppl accountable or make excuses for ppl. But I have definitely learned not to be so quick to judge
introvert said:
This wouldn't surprise me, my boyfriend has very slight social phobia I think, but it doesn't affect his everyday life too much and so we never really realised until lately. Also someone else I know locally suffers from it, used to have panic attacks frequently ect, but you wouldn't guess it from meeting her, she seems perfectly fine.
I know in America the statistics are something like one in ten (although I don't think the ones I read were quite that high, but almost), but I don't know the stats for the UK.
Naomi x
spikefan777
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I know in a girl in my P.E. class who is pretty shy. She isn't as bad as me though.
Waybuloo
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I met a bunch of em in a support group i didnt have the guts to finish seeing.
The 'worst' one appeared with head bowed and fingers clasped, the 'best' came in the room with the air like someone who walks in a room and eveyone looks at. Some of them have no trouble with eye contact adn could stare into you like those really confident types. I was confused, seemed just as there are sa people appearing to look anxious there are those who look the opposite. I think some sa people are the typical shy kind of sa, and some are more outgoing deterred from fully functioning by some aspects of sa.
By all means they are nice though
The 'worst' one appeared with head bowed and fingers clasped, the 'best' came in the room with the air like someone who walks in a room and eveyone looks at. Some of them have no trouble with eye contact adn could stare into you like those really confident types. I was confused, seemed just as there are sa people appearing to look anxious there are those who look the opposite. I think some sa people are the typical shy kind of sa, and some are more outgoing deterred from fully functioning by some aspects of sa.
By all means they are nice though
All the people in my group are pretty good, none seem to have trouble making eye contact and talking to me. There are a few who look really timid, and I admit I probably do aswell, and it was a little awkward talking for the first time, but now it's pretty comfortable.
scatmantom
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Not that im aware of, but there are lots of us out there so its likely I have
