News of Social Phobia Forum

I know this is a long post but I would be glad if someone would read this .Also I dont really know if I should post this here or at the trauma thread.
First of all I would like to tell my story and then ask for advices on how I should move on in my life. My childhood years until the age of 10 were really bad. My father had mental health problems and ...

I'm having some trouble at home. I'm twenty years old now, I quit college because I found that none of the schools have the degree i want. But so far I'm having no luck with finding a job. I'm really bad at handling social interaction with almost anyone except my closest friend. I don't have any previous experience nor do I have a degree, or even the skills to "talk" my way into a job ...

Since long I've had the issue of being unable to keep friends for a long while. After a certain period I tend to sever any ties and ignore any type of possible attempt to contact me.

The truth is, I don't know how to deal with friends and it's incredibly strange if you think about it, but I prefer surrounding myself with people who dislike me. I feel I am terrific at knowing what to ...

Hey everyone,

Just thought I'd introduce myself.. I'm Vernon (alias) and I suffer from this disorder.. I'm 20 years old and I was diagnosed when I was about 16, but I've been dealing with social anxiety for much longer than that.

Do you ever feel anxious around certain people or a particular person?
I do and it's almost crippling.

I'm very new to this, so I apologize if I'm violating any protocols or anything. I'd also like to apologize if this is lengthy. This is my first time doing anything remotely close to this. I never really open up to anyone, but I'm pretty desperate, so I figured I'd try to find help on the internet, where it's anonymous. Anyway, I recently graduated high school in June, and I was going to go to ...

Hi, everyone. I'm new. I've been diagnosed with anxiety and depression and have been seeing a psychologist as well as a psychiatrist consistently for a year now. The medications have helped tremendously but I'm 23 and I've still never had a bf. I have so much anxiety about becoming intimate with someone. I've never even been kissed! I went out with a guy a few months ago who told me that no one will be ...

I would like to share my experience with social anxiety and how it manifests itself in me. I always feel that people who meet me or get to know me always have something against me, this goes for everyone that I meet, such as people I work with or went to school with, or anywhere where a person is going to see me more than once. For some reason I just feel that everyone dislikes ...

I have suffered from shyness most of my life and it's gotten worse as I've continued to live. I tend to fear social rejection so I have very few friends and my romantic history is mostly barren. But no matter how much I want to break out of my vicious cycle, the shyness always wins out in social situations. I was at a bar (A different kind since they have video games) and a pretty ...

Hi Everyone!, :D

This my first post in this forum. I'm pretty sure I suffer from social anxiety and/or low self esteem and just a lot of anxiety in general, which sucks!! :roll: :(
My family moves a lot so it's extra hard for me to make friends, but ...