I overcame SA!

[jdp343]

I've sufferred from extreme social anxiety my whole life. And I'm finally at the point where I can confidently say I'm destroying it! It will never go away completely, and it's a constant struggle, but it CAN be overcome!

A little bit about me: I'm 24, up until about November of last year I had never had friend to speak of, never been kissed, and thought my life would be like this forever. I came very close many times to just deciding to kill myself and be done with it. My depression was so bad I spent about a year doing nothing but sleeping. Just like most people here, I was terrified of talking to anyone, and if someone wanted to talk my mind would just go blank. I couldn't work or talk on the phone, and I felt like a pathetic burden to everyone around me.

Over the last two months, something incredible began happening! I had my first kiss, I had friends wanting to hang out with, I HAD SEX for the first time (and then two more times!), and the thought of killing myself enters my mind only on the absolute worst of days. Sometimes when I'm talking to a girl I'll touch my chest in amazement that my heart is not racing. I'll detail how I did it in another post, but I wanted to get this up to give people some hope.

 

[Bronson99]

Let's hear how you got to this point.. I'm quite curious!

 

[BlueDays]

I've sufferred from extreme social anxiety my whole life. And I'm finally at the point where I can confidently say I'm destroying it! It will never go away completely, and it's a constant struggle, but it CAN be overcome!

A little bit about me: I'm 24, up until about November of last year I had never had friend to speak of, never been kissed, and thought my life would be like this forever. I came very close many times to just deciding to kill myself and be done with it. My depression was so bad I spent about a year doing nothing but sleeping. Just like most people here, I was terrified of talking to anyone, and if someone wanted to talk my mind would just go blank. I couldn't work or talk on the phone, and I felt like a pathetic burden to everyone around me.

Over the last two months, something incredible began happening! I had my first kiss, I had friends wanting to hang out with, I HAD SEX for the first time (and then two more times!), and the thought of killing myself enters my mind only on the absolute worst of days. Sometimes when I'm talking to a girl I'll touch my chest in amazement that my heart is not racing. I'll detail how I did it in another post, but I wanted to get this up to give people some hope.

Let's hear how you got to this point.. I'm quite curious!

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[chazer2010]

hey bro.. thanks for letting us know that there's still hope for us.. I'm glad that you overcame SA...atleast one of us is now free and have a normal life i'm really happy for you

 

[OceanMist]

Those are positive experiences but I believe that overcoming SA requires a lot more social experience than what you've described.

I'm talking thousands of conversations with people, massive social exposure.

Be careful with the high you get after having sex for the first time. I got that high too only to quickly find out that I was still the same me and need way more social experience.

 

[Hellhound]

Good, mang. Congrats.

 

[williamreinsch]

I'm really excited to hear how you've overcome this! well done bro! I love the part when you said "i had sex for the first time (and then two more times)" what a lad! haha
Well done in fighting the anxiety, you could be a real inspiration to us SA sufferers!

 

[lucifersam]

It's good to hear people are making it.

I'd like to note that it's not realistic for most people to hope for that kind of miracle cure - but it does get better, if you try to make positive changes. I've been up and down in my own life, but there are periods when the anxiety was mostly gone and I was functioning (mostly) normally and being accepted by people. Those are the times I live for, and trying to figure out how to keep those times rolling...