I have social anxiety

Juan

Juan

New member
hey
I just realized that i have a problem with meeting and talking with people.
I stutter every now and then. My heart races when i speak. I feel like a loser sometimes and in result won't make comments sometimes. I am going to try to reverse this and am glad that I have finally admitted that there is something wrong with me.
 
bulldog21083

bulldog21083

Well-known member
I'm the same way, except my heart doesn't race. I've pretty much always been shy, but until I found this website I just figured it was just the way I was and I was just different. But now that I've seen this website I realize I'm not the only one who feels like this. But it also is kind of depressing because now that I'm aware of SA, I realize that there really is something wrong with me. I almost feel like I have it worse now than when I was in high school (I'm 25 now). I was shy in high school, but I don't remember ever being nervous when I was around people I didn't know.

When I was in high school my parents took my to see a social worker about my shyness (my mom also thought I might be depressed cause even though I was fairly happy with my life I never smiled). The first one I did this relaxation type thing so I never went back there. Then I saw another one but he didn't diagnose me with anything, he thought I was just shy. So I went to another one and I don't think I was ever diagnosed with anything but she put me on Paxil and it helped a little, but I eventually stopped taking it. None of them really helped me, I think it's just cause it was hard for me to explain to them how I felt.

I guess I just feel like if I knew then what I know now about social anxiety I know I would be able to explain it better to them.
 
ge0624me

ge0624me

Member
same here...

hows it going juan, i just posted for the first time last night, i've suffered with this for over 20+years, managed it did everything possible to avoid the situations, but like you i would like to reverse this...to live a normal life like the majori of people...
 
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