Health Matters: What is Social Anxiety Disorder?

X1XhieiX5X Says:

Jan 30, 2012 - I've lost all my friends, academic success, and a future because of this. T_T

liamlloyd77 Says:

Jan 30, 2012 - Fuck it, when I die, I wanna go to hell, cos imma piece of shit, it aint hard to fuckin' tell

liamlloyd77 Says:

Jan 30, 2012 - @LoLXxDXLmao Im not surprised my friend. When I was at school I must have thought over a thousand times to stop going to school. They only thing that stopped me was the friends I had since I was 5 years old...

dragonblood30 Says:

Jan 31, 2012 - this disorder has completely fucked up my life and ive only had it for 1 and half years.i feel like my future is ruined, i just want to stay in my room for the rest of my life and never come out

LoLXxDXLmao Says:

Jan 31, 2012 - @liamlloyd77 I moved 6 times in the last 6 years and ive been to 5 different schools so its hard to keep friends.

Davide131 Says:

Feb 2, 2012 - People with Social Anxiety and GAD join mapofmates its like a facebook for us!

STRING3R Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - I feel like an alien in social situations. Like why should people be talking to me?

UKGLfemaddict Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - when will i have sexy lady friends ? HONEST QUESTION .

Jabikz Says:

Feb 3, 2012 - I can't even look a guy on a video in the eyes. Feels really bad.

XzmazX Says:

Feb 5, 2012 - @futuresailor03 hey im also suffering from social anxiety, been doing so for around 2 years now and would like to know how you have come out of anxiety? im currently practicing meditation and its working which is great ive made good progress but im not there yet, any advice would be hugely appreciated, and this is a question for everyone, does anybody else suffering from this experience an intense churning type sensation in their stomach? thats been a major sympton of mine, thx,

FlavourLikeIceCream Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - I'm suffering from social anxiety which has developed into agoraphobia. I haven't left the house for SIX WEEKS, apart from when I hang my laundry in my back garden. I just don't know if I can face what's out there. The worst part of it all is that family members/ old friends think I'm mentally challenged and retarded and this makes my situation a hundred times worse. I can't go out there knowing they think that of me. I'm just stuck completely.

FlavourLikeIceCream Says:

Feb 6, 2012 - Btw I'm only 18 years old, I dropped out of school when I was 13 because of severe bullying. I live in a right dive of a town, A REAL ghetto-like shithole where practically everyone is a gangster-wannabe mouthy chav, always trying to prove themselves with their fists. When I left the house briefly last year catching the bus into town one of my old bullies happened to be on it. Contined.

scottclements78 Says:

Feb 8, 2012 - I have S.A.Disorder and volunteered to be interviewed on national TV. Yes I was nervous but it was easier than I imagined it to be. Still did not go as smoothly as it could have. I just wanted to challenge myself and I had faith in the reporter who was aware of my condition beforehand. Im actually very glad I did so. Something I never thought Id be able to.

gigsternaterer Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - for me my social anxiety started when my eyes started to randomly tear up and people were thinking im crying when im not.... now i cant look anyone in the eyes and i avoid people as much as i can because i am a very awkward person... please tell me if you guys have the same problem

prettypearlysheikh Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - i had it since i was a child people thought i was weird so i was bullied for not being able to speak up

Zeppelin07007 Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - Im 20 and have been going through severe anxiety since 16. I have many friends but alot of times i push them away, so much so that I actualy enjoy just being inside all the time and isolate cus I still feel nervous around them and dont know what to say. I take meds (when needed) but when its bad i find myself abussing. My "best friend' doesnt understand this for shit, he's one of those oblivious "just get out there" "just cheer up and have fun". Very stressful. PLEASE, SEEK HELP PPL.

liamlloyd77 Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - I've just had a big argument with my parents, and all they can explain about my SA is that im "ragged in the head" and they are thinking about sectioning me.Some parents, huh? I tell them, "A plant grows on how its nurtured."Ignorance is bliss, and it pisses me off that not even my parents want to or can help me. Fuck them

liamlloyd77 Says:

Feb 9, 2012 - @Zeppelin07007 omg I totally know what you're talking about. Pisses me off so much when people just say, "Just do it" or whatever. Not even my own parents understand this. In fact they make it worst by saying they will put me in a mental home if I dont get my act together.Someday I will expose them for the asshole parents they are publically, and we will see who has the social anxiety after that!! :)

TheMarroquinTwins Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - @gigsternaterer Well... Not the "tearing eye" part but the "eye contact" part DEFINETLY YES! I can't even look my twin sister in the eye (she is shy like me) so we don't look each other in the eyes. Nor do I want my parents to look me in the eye nor see me eat (Neither the kids in school) It has gotten SO bad that I can't look at NON of my teacher's in the eye SPECIALLY this blond teacher which she really loves to make eye contact. But yeah! I totally understand you and I hope it's not Social A

TheMarroquinTwins Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - "Jabikz wow I thought I was the only one *_*

stewie100 Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - i've had this disorder since i was a child, and i've been diagnosed with it and given medication. but it doesn't do anything for me, i'm 23 and still living with my parents. i can't even leave the house with out my parents taking me somewhere, because i can only socialize with them and my sister and i can't be alone out there facing people. i've never had friends or a girlfriend. i was bullied in school. i'm just a mess and i need help.

KTMisFORfaggots Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - i just walked 2 miles home from where i was with my frriends cuz they were gonna go meet up with a bunch of other people.....i feel like shit and i wanna kill myself. goodbye world.

sarienewolf Says:

Feb 11, 2012 - I want to say Im getting over my social anxiety, but then I find my self at school. It used to be a lot worse in some ways, but those ways are getting better. I can make eye contact with people more often. Yet its also getting worse. I fear making people angry more and more. Yelling even if its not directed at me scares the living crap out of me and makes me uncomfortable. i still apologize for everything. I used to be able to do oral reports in class, now i shake or my mind will go blank.

basile4567 Says:

Feb 12, 2012 - It sucks I definitely have this, but antidepressants aren't the answer, I use exercise and try and force myself to talk to people. It gets much easier the more you do it.