One achievement you made towards conquering SA

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aznprince1989

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Hello everyone,

Can anyone here share their experiences on how they are fighting SA. What is your biggest achievement so far?

My achievement so far is that I recently just gave a college presentation on COMMUNICATION and in that presentation I told everyone I had social anxiety.

It was very hard for me to share my weakness and on the first attempt to give my presentation my voice started to crack, and I seriously just wanted to start crying aka stage fright. IDK why but I just felt like it. So I had to wait a full weak to do try again.

2nd time however, I succeeded and I did really good. Making sure I hit all the key points of social anxiety. I would not mind becoming a motivational speaker, speak in front of large crowds, and to teach those who don't know about social anxiety. That way we can get more help out there for those of us who suffer.

I hope to one day start a social anxiety event like a concert or something. But who knows thats more like a dream than reality lol
 
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aznprince1989

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WiwerGoch said:
well done - that's great!!!
i'm trying to look people in the eye when i talk to them
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I still have that problem so your not alone. I still cant even say hi to random people off the streets and make friends without it being in a classroom environment.

what do you think would help those with social anxiety? any ideas like if you heard of a social anxiety event where everyone who has social anxiety attended would u go? assuming its close by of course? would you go to a concert aimed at helping people with SA? just wondering.
 
Ignace

Ignace

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Maybe not really towards SA, but mostly phone phobia. On work I gotta call to customers etc. First day was dying, my heart raced all day to get out of there. Now I still am a liiiitle bit nervous, but everything's fine, no heart racing, sweating or whatsoever. I still hate it though. I also have to ask people from my company about stuff etc etc .. So it's helping me in general I think. :) But in exchange for some life lessons, I 'hate' work now ..
 
Ritta

Ritta

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Hey Everyone. :) I've been gone for a very long time. I've had my ups and downs. Finally the medication is taking effect (Cipralex). I still get anxious, but I don't get any of the severe symptoms I used to get.

The greatest achievement I made this month is joining a communications group. It's extremely challenging. There are around 20 people and the chairs are very close together. I still haven't managed the courage to speak up infront of everyone, but I'm proud of myself for being able to have attended 2 sessions and stay for 2 whole hours without panicking and running out the door. This group ends in December and I'm planning to make it to the end even if my communication skills don't improve. :)
 
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Feathers

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Congratulations! :)

I saw a guy at a workshop stood up first (when everybody said to present themselves and state their expectations and such) and said, 'I have SA, so this is therapy.' Or something like that. My jaw just dropped, lol. (Unfortunately I was almost next one, but I thought what the heck, if this guy can be so brave... :)) This was a while ago, I was really impressed with it though! (I usually like to wait until others present themselves... :))

As for any recent accomplishments or such, nothing big recently.. I did go to a family celebration thing yesterday, didn't want to go first but then contemplated lack of proper dinner and was lured by food and experience of visiting a cool new location. It was really great, so I'm happy I went...

Honestly if there was a specific event or concert I probably wouldn't go... If there was something neutral, like a book presentation or course aimed also at 'normal people' I might go... It depends how it would be presented and recommended..
 
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EasySkanking

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aznprince1989 said:
Hello everyone,

Can anyone here share their experiences on how they are fighting SA. What is your biggest achievement so far?

My achievement so far is that I recently just gave a college presentation on COMMUNICATION and in that presentation I told everyone I had social anxiety.

It was very hard for me to share my weakness and on the first attempt to give my presentation my voice started to crack, and I seriously just wanted to start crying aka stage fright. IDK why but I just felt like it. So I had to wait a full weak to do try again.

2nd time however, I succeeded and I did really good. Making sure I hit all the key points of social anxiety. I would not mind becoming a motivational speaker, speak in front of large crowds, and to teach those who don't know about social anxiety. That way we can get more help out there for those of us who suffer.

I hope to one day start a social anxiety event like a concert or something. But who knows thats more like a dream than reality lol
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Hey sounds good man :). Good for you - you are very brave! ;)
 
Diend

Diend

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That victory reminded me of when I wrote my Health final essay on Social Anxiety. That was when I started a thread on this forum and asked people to take a survey. My biggest fear was that the teacher would suspect that I have SA and that she would make a joke to my classmates about my SA. I wrote it though despite my fear, and I nothing really happened afterward.
 
Dave1989

Dave1989

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Using the telephone at work, no longer a problem for me.

I can eat in front of small groups of people just about, restaurants etc are still a no go though.

Maintain eye contact a lot more.

Recently got a new girlfriend and instead of past relationships since s.a kicked in where i would just invite them around my house and that's it, i'm actually making the effort to go out and do more, went to meet her parents the other week which was pretty scary ha but it went okay.



Still a hell of a long way to go but those are things i would never have dreamed of doing a few years ago :)
 
EscapeArtist

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Wow uhm. I don't think I have done anything major, towards conquering my social anxiety.... -gulp-.
I guess you could say telling everybody that I have it is something pretty major. Mostly, I've just been learning about myself and breaking my patterns. I have broken a lot of screwed up perceptions about me and how the world perceives me, I have lowered my all-or-nothing personality a hell of a lot, and I suppose just gaining a level headed mind through knowledge has helped me a lot.

edit: oh, looks like small things count too in this thread. :D phew. Well I've been working out for a few days, which is giving me a real boost and today i'm going to go for a bikeride in MID DAY! Hahah. I've been pretty housebound lately so that's huge for me. Also I joined a hiking group and.. if I can find a pair of hiking boots for less than 25 dollars I'm going on a hike next week o_o and i'm terrified. Especially because I'm so young and the others are so much older..
 
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kihira

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EscapeArtist said:
Also I joined a hiking group and.. if I can find a pair of hiking boots for less than 25 dollars I'm going on a hike next week o_o and i'm terrified. Especially because I'm so young and the others are so much older..
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You may not need boots, depending on where you are going. Usually running shoes are ok if its a well-formed track.

Just remember that the oldies were, at one time, exactly the same age as you are now! I'd be really interested to hear about how this goes :)
 
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