Hvae you ever met a fellow social phobia sufferer?

[Lotrsfan]

no, i haven't but would love to though. but it could be good coz we could help each other get through this phobia together.

 

[Remus]

I've met loads at these meets that SAUK organise

met a few one to one aswell and have four very close Socially phobic freinds

 

[jayfan]

Not that im aware of, but there are lots of us out there so its likely I have

same here.

 

[Reholla]

she has not one single friend, i really feel for her.

Even if you dont want to tell her/or ask her about SA, just being her friend could make a HUGE difference. I know what you mean tho about not wanting to bring it up. Theres a guy in my BIOL lab that has signs of SA. And id feel bad bringing it up (esp. if i was wrong!) But I remember when I was going thru my worst times. I was soo happy when people were friendly, and my friends wanted to do things. Even tho I didnt enjoy it, I was glad they did it. At least I wasnt depressed about not having friends even tho I always had anxiety.

 

[insomniac]

never. not that i'm aware of anyway. but i think it might be kinda cool. to know someone knows exactly how you feel, and that they aren't judgeing you for having this.

 

[sensitive]

Some of you talked about their suspicion of some of their classmates. Let me tell you guys, i'd contact with anybody i suspect they could be social phobics. I know it's not easy but i believe that somehow i have to.

I never met any social phobics before and never suspected of anyone however i recently notice something interesting in the apartment where i live temporarily. One of the homemates' cousine who sometimes visits us has a friend whom i suspect. He doesn't go up when his friend visit us, he just stays outside the building so i'm suspect of him. I was told he is shy but i never saw him.

Every group share something, i'd be willing to communicate with my SA fellows so i may start talking with anyone i suspect. You can just say hi, how are you today? try to be friendly.

It will be excited to see someone else have just like ur symptoms and embarassed in the class because i never saw anything like this.

 

[Quixote]

I have met some people once in my country. Didn't look that anxious at all, only I did, especially at the beginning. I think the problem of SA can come in very different levels and varieties, for some it's paralyzing, for others just a little problem that prevents them to fully enjoy social situations.
I think whether fellow SA sufferers will enjoy each other's company depends a lot on this.

As for people that I see around, I only know one who probably has this problem. But then, I don't see that many people lately, and I am always so concerned about myself that I might not spot them easily.

 

[GreenFloyd]

Nope. I look around the class at school a lot of times and try to pick out the people I think are shy. There's gotta be a few. "Look at that girl in the corner... she never says a word to anyone or in class... she's gotta be shy." It would be amazing if I could hook up with them somehow and we could just talk. But, given the nature of our disease, that isn't very likely.

Heh. That's funny.