Anonymous
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i think i have social phobia. well i've been feeling like this for ages but i never knew there was a name for it or that other people felt like me.
everything is so hard at the moment, just getting through every day is so much to cope with. i'm scared and nervous all the time, (apart from at home and around my family) and normal things like eating and talking and going mostly anywhere are becoming a huge problem.
i'm going to see my doctor next week and hopefully getting a counsellor. the only reason i haven't before now is that i was scared to tell anyone. i still feel like i'm being stupid.
i don't know when this first started but recently it's got worse. i've had depression, not that badly and it comes in stages, i've been self harming since february last year, but at the moment i'm managing to stop myself from cutting.
i would really appreciate any help or advice you can give me. also, i know you've probably heard it all before but i wanted to list some of the things i have problems with, just to know if it sounds like social phobia and if anyone else experiences the same things.
the worst is eating. ever since people started saying i eat really slowly, i feel like they're watching me, i feel like i have to eat faster to stop them saying anything. i end up not finishing food or not eating anything until i get home.
basically i always feel that people are looking at me. i'm nervous all the time, i can feel how tense i am and how scared i am, even though i know i shouldn't be scared. i worry about what people think of me. i have no confidence left. i can't go anywhere without worrying. i can't even stand up in a room without thinking people are watching me, it sounds really stupid but i have to get back to my chair really quickly.
i find it very hard to talk in front of people and to people i don't know. i even get nervous around my friends, maybe because they're not really friends and like to put me down a lot. i think i'm ugly even though people always say i'm not. i'm always worried about losing weight, because i'm underweight already and not eating obviously doesn't help. it's embarrassing to say but i've been getting diarrhoea and feeling sick almost every day for about 3 months, and i think it has something to do with feeling nervous.
there are so many things but i can't write them all. it's so hard to cope. i'm 15 and at school, i only have one year left but i don't think i can get through it. i'll try to get help but i'm worried it won't work. i'll stop writing now. thanks if you read this, sorry it was so long.
everything is so hard at the moment, just getting through every day is so much to cope with. i'm scared and nervous all the time, (apart from at home and around my family) and normal things like eating and talking and going mostly anywhere are becoming a huge problem.
i'm going to see my doctor next week and hopefully getting a counsellor. the only reason i haven't before now is that i was scared to tell anyone. i still feel like i'm being stupid.
i don't know when this first started but recently it's got worse. i've had depression, not that badly and it comes in stages, i've been self harming since february last year, but at the moment i'm managing to stop myself from cutting.
i would really appreciate any help or advice you can give me. also, i know you've probably heard it all before but i wanted to list some of the things i have problems with, just to know if it sounds like social phobia and if anyone else experiences the same things.
the worst is eating. ever since people started saying i eat really slowly, i feel like they're watching me, i feel like i have to eat faster to stop them saying anything. i end up not finishing food or not eating anything until i get home.
basically i always feel that people are looking at me. i'm nervous all the time, i can feel how tense i am and how scared i am, even though i know i shouldn't be scared. i worry about what people think of me. i have no confidence left. i can't go anywhere without worrying. i can't even stand up in a room without thinking people are watching me, it sounds really stupid but i have to get back to my chair really quickly.
i find it very hard to talk in front of people and to people i don't know. i even get nervous around my friends, maybe because they're not really friends and like to put me down a lot. i think i'm ugly even though people always say i'm not. i'm always worried about losing weight, because i'm underweight already and not eating obviously doesn't help. it's embarrassing to say but i've been getting diarrhoea and feeling sick almost every day for about 3 months, and i think it has something to do with feeling nervous.
there are so many things but i can't write them all. it's so hard to cope. i'm 15 and at school, i only have one year left but i don't think i can get through it. i'll try to get help but i'm worried it won't work. i'll stop writing now. thanks if you read this, sorry it was so long.