ff5fan19
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I've had social anxiety since I was real young but in high school it started to get worse. i had no friends and was always bullied at school and at home by my parents. anyways, i graduated 3 years ago and it's not as bad as it was in high school but what's bothering me the most is talking to strangers. it's like i have 0 social skills. i know i do have social skills because when i talk to someone i'm comfortable around (family) then i can talk away but whenever i'm around someone i just met then i get all shy and don't know what to say. i hate being like this. like i said it's not as bad as it was in high school because i can do things i couldn't do like when i'm at a restaurant i could never order my own food. i had to make my parents order it for me because i was too anxious to talk. this happened all the way till the age of 18 and then i finally started ordering myself but i still get alittle nervous changing my order when i decide i want something different. what do you think i should do? i try and force my self to be in those type of situations but i just don't know what to say to the person. i'm on medication called "Effexor" but i don't really think i'm seeing a change now.