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I guess, the internet is a place for us socially challenged to talk about what we want. Here, if someone tries to judge you, you can just brush it off, because people here don't know you and you will never have to meet them or make...

I tend to isolate. I stay inside. I avoid people in 3D. Feel no one wants me. I am sooo akward. Why would someone want to socialize with me? No one does. Have family who comes when they need something and thats it. Have online friends...

I'm overcoming my anxiety, and it's surprising. It's been happening in small steps that lead to big change... For example, I now can go to the grocery store on a busy Sunday afternoon without much trouble. This is huge for me!! How did...

When i was young i was a happy child who talked a lot and was sociable, But that all changed when i started my first year of primary school.
I was bullied constantly and abused both mentally and physically, The bullies turned everyone...

I have it too. I'm extremely shy around people I don't know very well. I'll get these... voices I guess you can call them... these thoughts that sound like the people I'm around and they all say bad things about me... "Oh look at...

I've had my own struggles with social anxiety for most of my life.  I always knew that there were some people out there who genuinely liked me and were attracted to me, but I never knew why.  Also I thought that I...

I'm 22 now and I've had s.a.(social anxiety) since I was a freshmen in highschool...uhm, I noticed that I didn't like being in public much because I felt like people were looking at me and judging me. I left my friends and I started...

Everyone wants to be liked regardless of who is in the room, but most people have the sense to hide that info. As a child I was extremely vulnerable and sensitive, and to make things worse I would hand over my peers the tools to...

Its logically unsound. I am not in any danger of harm. But the longer I stay in the worse it gets. And I have been inside the house except to go to the convenience store across the street for months and months. I don't when was the last...

Its getting outta hand these days. So much that I cant leave the house without being completely insecure about what I look like and what people might think of me. Even if I spend hours getting ready and feel cute when I leave the house...

Hi I have or I think I have social anxiety. Here's my story:
When I was 8, my family moved and I had to move to a new school. That's when it started. I was REALLY shy. It got so bad I went weeks without saying anything all day. I...

An example:  My husband's work barbecue last weekend
I agonized about it for weeks. I had never met his coworkers (it's a new job for him) and I kept thinking that I was going to give everyone a bad impression and screw up my...

social anxiety stops be from doing things that i wanna do ...i missed many parties, funerals ,concerts ,job opportunities and it even stops me from doing simple tasks like ordering food from a fast food place and even talking on the...

Everyday it is the same struggle. Try to act normal, cool, sociable, smart and funny. Struggling to keep eye contact and mingle with people. Push away those unwanted thoughts that everyone is staring at me and trying to judge me. I am...

I've always been much of a loner and I never quite understood why, I think I never had that talent to communicate well with people. I sit there and watch the people around me talk and connect with other people, I always envied such...

Social Anxiety to me is the worst fear possible for numerous reasons. One of them is because people are fucking EVERYWHERE!!!
it is difficult to not keep away from people and when you do, you get lonely. The other is because other...

I've never been popular. Never looked very girly. Was a tomboy when I was little. Been made fun of in every grade of school. Even though school was a hassle, it was a reason to get me out of the house and to deal with being around...

Hey I don't know if any/most of you have heard of this forum, but its very good and covers a wide range of topics. Its like a haven for people suffering with social anxiety, so I really recommend it because it helps to talk about it...

I found this post on another website and felt compelled to share it here. I feel it defines me.
I wish it weren't so.

"It's as if I' two different people. There is the person who exists on the surface, the person that other people...

Hey, I'm living in ViietNam. When I go by bus, i have to speak up the name of the place I wanna get off to the driver or the assistant but I hardly can. As a result, the bus has gone by my wanted place many times. I can't speak where...