| Re: Need remedy for social anxiety
A quick addendum to social phobics:
I wonder how many of you know that no one else can feel your anxiety? In other words, we're our worst enemies, and in this busy world, people are pretty hung up on their own problems! However, that said, my sister does blush (which I find endearing and which bothers her terribly) and she has very warm hands, while mine were clammy at her age (she's almost 20). I think the only thing that worked for me was getting involved in college and my career and not really "caring" what others thought. The more social involvement I forced myself into, the easier social situations became for me. I am not discounting anxiety! It's horrible, and God knows I suffered it terribly when younger. I think the fact I'm so gregarious and out spoken now is that I did suffer so much that I forced myself to encounter my fears. I'm not trying to oversimplify a really horrid social disorder, but I do think that getting older, getting therapy, and having a really supportive network helped me so much.
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