Scale it 1 to 10

[commenter39]

Tell us how severe your social anxiety is
10 is as bad as it could be
I tell it first, i d say mine is usually 3, sometimes 4

 

[Looking_in105]

really depends on the day, circumstance etc. but on average about a 5.

 

[Steppen-Wolf]

3-7, it varies heavily depending on the circumnstances.

 

[anuskas]

It´s difficult to scale it because I don´t know what must happen to be a 10 (maybe that people who are always at home and refuse to go out). We should have a guide to read and check it.
Maybe I´m a 7 because although I´m feeling very bad I can manage to go to work (not always) and other people can´t.

 

[Paahi]

6 maybe.
......

 

[kc1980]

I guess nowadays something like a 3, but it used to be worse in the past (7 perhaps)

 

[Raijin]

A 9 most time on rare occasions it will be 6 or 5

 

[nicole1]

7... It's hard being around some people.

 

[Phoenixx]

I'd say usually it's around 5 or 6, maybe 7.

 

[Tripolar]

3-7, it varies heavily depending on the circumnstances.

Ditto.....

 

[Hastings & Main]

About a year ago I averaged 7, nowadays - due to this site & slowly working at myself - I average a 5.

 

[Kiwong]

Not as bad as it was when I joined this site last year. It's probably been between 3 and 5. I am worried about tomorrow, when I face an event one year on, that still feels like a kind of trauma

 

[MaliceInWickedland]

Generally a 5 or 6. It's toned down quite a lot compared to before though.

 

[Beatrice]

Gah, rating scales frustrate me! I'm so bad at judging values like that.... hmmm....

I guess I'd have to say on AVERAGE I am about a 6, maybe?

 

[freestylemonster]

Now that I'm on Paxil it's usually at like 2 out of 10. Hopefully soon it'll be 0!!

 

[Remus]

about 3-4 quite mild comapred to say ten years ago

 

[Josette]

Overall, I'd say 4. Day-to-day it doesn't come up a lot, because I'm so accustomed to avoiding the things that'll make me anxious. But when I do have to do something that scares me, then it shoots up to an 8.

 

[Minty]

Well, I'm avoidant. I've structured my life so I don't have to deal with anxiety at all. So...0. But the moment I have to talk to someone, it spikes waaaaaaaay up. 10+

I think if I forced myself to go out everyday I would become somewhat desensitized and my anxiety would be a 3-7 depending on the situation.

 

[commenter39]

Alone in my dorm or at home...1. Public speaking or speaking to a professor, teacher or someone in authority...9. If I'm walking into a crowded room or somewhere crowded outdoors...it's around an 8.

I m not the one who s gonna decide but having trouble in crowded rooms, speaking to authorities the definition of disorder. Not when u re at home.
I hope u get better my friend

 

[commenter39]

By the way i see this site has helped some people to deal with it, founders of this site would be glad