When did I first find out I had social anxiety disorder?
What were some personal experiences?
It might be confusing that I found out when I was a junior in high school, yet I had it for more than eight years. The thing is, for the longest time I just flooded myself and faced my fears – socializing with immense anxiety – and then it came to the point where I couldn’t fake it anymore. Hope that clears it up. 
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Anyone else also …
Anyone else also fearing for their future …coz I do, i mean I dont even know who to tell, coz i feel like no one understands me…For me having a girlfriend or many friends and having fun…seems like a unreachable DREAM…I dont get it…I can stand face to face to Big and dangourous Lion or jump from a airplane would NOT be as DIFFICULT to Handle than being with alot of people…I envy the people who have so much confidence and selfsteem that they can bully other people
cmon u really don …
cmon u really don look like socially anxious
OMG are you sure …
OMG are you sure you aren’t talking about me?? As I am watching, I am realizing that I have SAD and have had it all my life! I am 30 now and realizing that I need to get over this. I relate to the seeing somone I thought was prettier or smart, confident, etc., I would clam up and not be able to talk to people. Now that I am older and I can mask my SAD well, but it still plagues me. Thank you for your candor and for helping me to take the next step to getting over this.
Thanks for telling …
Thanks for telling your story. I experience the same symtoms, when I am out of the comfort of my home I fear running into people I know, because I dont want them to see me in this nervous manner. When I am called into meetings or just have normal office interactions I find my anxiety levels go very high. My face gets flushed my voice quivers, and I feel people get uncomfortable around me because of my nerves. Unfortunately I have used alchohol to disquise the symtoms, I am work on this.
and what I hate …
and what I hate more is that I am a VERY Goodlooking guy…I look a little bit like Cristiano Ronaldo, if u know him (some girls told me once)…but I cant use that for anything,,,,i know i am goodlooking guy with athletic body and smart clothes, and when girls who dont knows me sees me outside of school, they find me attractive, but in school I feel like I am a loser…somedays i tell my self to change and be more relaxed in school and talk to people…but when I am there i just cant..SAD sucks
i feel embarrassed …
i feel embarrassed about anyone finding out about it…i dont know…i havent even told my parrents about, and I have had this problem for as long as i remember…the thing is that i am not a shy person…people see me as a shy and quiet person…but in reallity I dont think I am shy,,,i am very anxious of people and becoz of the fact that right from I was a 5 year old boy people bullied me because of my genetic disorder…so its not that i am a shy personality…i just fear humiliation..
Just want to let …
Just want to let you know that you are not alone. You can’t run or hide from it, so you have to find ways to deal with it. You have to accept that you have this disorder and get help. Speak to a therapist, read books about it. You will realize that many of those negative thoughts are in your control. Tell your principal about your situation, because you don’t need to go through this alone. A symptom from S.A. is the belief that everyone around you are watching and judging you. Good Luck
i have the same …
i have the same problem only that i think mine is worst. my entire face and arms to my hands turm really really red to the point where you can see my vains.. this usually happens to me by just one stare or me being put in a spot. so therefore i cannot participate in any discussions in class. i cant do anything withougfht feeliong an axiety and panacing.. it is a horrifyong problem!!!!
not that I don’t …
not that I don’t believe you…but you don’t really look like you’re socially anxious or nothin. Maybe it’s cause you’re so pretty
i understand u man
i understand u man
i love what ur …
i love what ur saying but ur hotness is really distracting
someone help me…i …
someone help me…i have social anxiety and i havent been in school the most days of last week, and the school principal wants to talk with me..what should i say to him?????…to me the school is like a nightmare that never ends….i simply cant relax and being myself in school, i am very anxious when i am sitting alone and talking to nobody all day in school, while others are laughing and having fun…and i think my classmates even deslike me and want avoid me…feels painful…please help me
I have social …
I have social anxiety and it is the worst feeling in the world i absolutely hate it. Til this day i still have it even though it got better. I avoid my friends when they ask me to go out or party, i make excuses even though i really want to go. I was never like this i was always talkative and socialized with a lot of people…now i feel like hiding every time i run into someone i know or knew. 90% of the things you described really hit home for me it is everything i had to deal with.
Okay, sometimes the …
Okay, sometimes the night before i know we’re going to give a speech in a class or play a game in class that i think i might do bad in, i cry and get myself worked up into a frenzy to the point where my mom just lets me stay home from school because she knows how it is to be shy. But is it more than just that?
taking food, …
taking food, avoiding others and eating somewhere else just to get out of that uncomfortable feeling
then people end up asking you where you have been
this happened to me a lot
same thing with me. …
same thing with me…i seem to be getting a little better..but it’s real hard
Thanks you so much. …
Thanks you so much. I think this is a wonderful video. I’m not diagnosed with social anxiety disorder, but I can completely relate to most of the things you said. Great job.
so how do you get …
so how do you get rid of it? does anyone take MAOI’s and had success with those kind of medications? cause SSRIS make me more depressed and medications like buspar make my head feel like its viberating
im exactly the same …
im exactly the same im 18 and hate my life
I have social …
I have social anxiety. But it’s unlike most people’s that post their videos on here. I get really nervous walking to the store, out my house, with people at work. things like that. I feel like everybody is talking about me and sometimes I actually vision them hurting me. I chill with my room mate alot. Whenever he has people over I leave. If I stay I dont know what to say. If I do say something i feel like its the dumbest thing in the world.I also have the worst sleeping habits.
I wish more people …
I wish more people knew about social anxiety disorder. Maybe if more people knew about it they wouldn’t ask the people (including myself) “Why are you so quiet?” or “Why don’t you ever talk to anyone?”
Wow. I started …
Wow. I started going to see a psychologist this week for what I thought was depression. My doctor handed me a pamphlet entitled “Dealing with Social Anxiety Disorder” and told me to mull it over until next time and the symptoms fit so well. I am the ‘quiet type’ you mentioned, but I’ve been like this for a long time now (10 years+) so I figured it must just be my personality type. I have most of your ‘negative thoughts’ on almost a daily basis. It’s so nice having a name to describe it.
social anxiety is …
social anxiety is extremely harmful and debilitating socially, if you know somebody with it i ask that you try your best to reach help for them, it’s often coupled with depression and can be a cripplingly potent emotional cocktail for the person to deal with.
Hmmm interesting. I …
Hmmm interesting. I meant my other brother has the thing with cleanliness… my family is a bit strange lol. My Grandad was known to have OCD apparantly as well. I doubt I have asperger’s though, I can cover my feelings and seem like everything’s alright, I’m not saying that you can’t or anything though.
I have had various eating (I don’t want to say disorders) malfunctions… lol so I suppose it all connects? Thanks for the comment, made me think about things.
Have a jolly weekend (:
If your brother is …
If your brother is diagnosed with autism and you are persistently having problems with social situations all your life this could be an indicator for asperger’s syndrome but it is neither necessary nor required. OCD is often found together with an autistic spectrum disorder and also anxiety disorders. But it is very common that family members, i.e. children or siblings are picking up traits or their very own variation of those without actually having a disorder.