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Old 06-08-2004, 09:50 PM   #1
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Unhappy Social anxeity is RUINING my life

Hi everyone, this is long and i apoligize but i really need some help.
I have had a social anxeity problem for several years. I am a 22 year old female. Throughout high school i think i had it, but it wasnt as bad as it is now. In college it became progressivley worse. I would go to parties (very rarely) and just sit there in silence, i have NEVER raised my hand in class. I only really spoke to people if i was drunk. I went to these parties with my boyfriend (obviously i had no problem talking to him). I didn't make one friend in college that i hung out with regularly. SO in college i was pretty bad but now i am even worse. I work in a place that is pretty laid back (you can kinda make up your own hours but really your suppossed to work from 8 to 4:30). I have been toying with the idea of working nights when no one else is there so i don't have to see anyone. I dont like leaving my desk during the day because i dont want people to see me. I mean, obviously I have to sometimes ( to smoke or run around and do work). I swear everyone thinks im a weirdo/psycho. Maybe i look crazy or something. But its like when i walk past people and they smile and say hi i think they are smiling because they are trying not to laugh at me or that they are thinking about how fat and ugly i am. or at my weird hair or crooked teeth. or that i smell and i have bad clothes. it is seriously so humiliating for anyone to see me. i swear someone is going to get in an accident or something one day because they are so distraced by the way i look.i avoid many places around town (the mall, the convenience store, grocery store) because im afraid i will see someone from high school and they will tell people they saw me and how gross i look. I went out with a guy from high school a few weeks ago (the first time i've been out in a year) in an attempt to have fun. it was HORRIBLE. we went to like this small party thing and i didn't talk the whole time and everyone kept asking me if i was ok. it was so embarassing. i was just uncomfortable - i was like the ugly duckling around these beautiful girls that all should have been models. Its like in my attempt not to draw attention to myself, i ended up drawing more attention to myself. I didnt have anything to say tho - i tried and tried to think of something to say but i had nothing and i didn't want everyone to stare at me. i just dont know what to do. i hate sitting at home friday and saturday night doing nothing but thinking about all the people who are out having fun but i am too humiliated to make friends and then i'd be too humiliated to go out to a public place. I wouldnt even know where to start making friends my age ( i work with an older cohort). I lost my best friend because i kept screwing her over when we made plans and i guess she just gave up on me. havent talked to her since nov. i just dont know what to do. this is seriously like so unhealthy and my spirit is totally broken. My bf and i live 3 hours apart and see each other rarely, so i hardly ever even have that to look forward to.
I've been to psychotherapy which didnt really help because i am so not comfortable talking about myself . i stopped going because i neglected to mention something until like our 5th session and he seemed mad. I was on zoloft for a while, i cant really remember if it helped or not though and i tried wellbutrin but that made me really nasty (which is not my nature at all) so i had to stop taking it.
So this social anxeity thing is making my life very prosaic and lifeless. I mean, im young and i should be living young but the years just keep going by with me hanging by a string. i need suggestions, advice, ect., PLEASE!!!! thank you :-)

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Old 06-13-2004, 09:23 AM   #2
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Re: Social anxeity is RUINING my life

listen, i know exactly how ur feeling, i have social anxiety too.
i went to my first party last night, and im 17 yrs of age.. so i understand it must be even more frustrating for you!
all i can say is you NEED to just keep tryin to get some professional help.. if u didnt "click" with the psychotherapist u saw, try another one... because otherwise, this isnt going to magically go away ....
but u can also do sum therapy and urself and make urself realise that everyone has busy lives, so they probably dont even have TIME to look at u and judge you...
if they walk past and smile, its obviously because they think " that individual looks friendly, ill smile at her and then she'l smile back and we wud have made each other happy".
u focus on all ur negative sides... but u dont seem to focus on ur positive sides AT ALL. i mean, u probs have the most beautiful eyes or the most beautiful face or whatever... but u neglect to see it ... because this disorder is hiding it awy from you..
GET IT BACK! look at who u are, and accept it.

i dont mean to rant, and i know this is hard, i go thru it as well... but i just wanna try nd help you,

tke care

Jen xxxxx

 
Old 06-15-2004, 03:07 AM   #3
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Re: Social anxeity is RUINING my life

Hey I know how you are feeling. I am 19 years old and I have a problem with social anxiety also. Like one night when i went out with one of my friends and then one of her friends came along that i didn't know, i was being really quiet because i didn't know what to say, and i'm not always very outgoing because i'm afraid i'll look stupid or something. The thing is that my friend is very outgoing and will talk to anyone at anytime about anything and doesn't get embarrassed easily. Well anyway, we were cosmic bowling and her and her friend were all like dancing to the music and getting all into it and stuff, but i wasn't. I was also being very quiet so my friend kept asking what was wrong all night and i just kept saying nothing. It made her feel bad cuz she felt like i wasn't having fun at all even though i kinda was. The thing is that this has happenned many times recently because of my ocd and depression. I do see a psychiatrist though and i just started taking this new pill a few weeks ago called lexapro along with luvox and haldol which seems to be helping a little. Hopefully the longer i take it the better it will help. You should definitely try seeing a new doctor though cuz if you are seeing the wrong one then things just won't get better at all. I used to go to a psychiatrist that i didn't feel was helping but now i go to one that i like and things have gotten a little better. But anyways i do know how you are feeling and i hope things get better for you in the future. Let me know how things are going for you. Hope i helped!

 
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