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Hey all,

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I am not sure that this is the correct place for this post but I have been trying to search the internet for someone in a similar circumstance as me but cannot seem to find anything.

In social situations I am very slow at processing what I need to say - I know what I want to say but I often cannot vocalise it ...

Hi I am 21 male. I am scared of performing/doing stuff/talking to people when others are looking at me. I am scared of presentations or situtations like that in which I am center of focus for everyone.

2 years ago there was my sister's engagment function. We have this tradition in which the bride's brother welcomes the Groom. I was standing at the reception with my family and family friends behind me and the groom ...

So to be blunt, i'm 24 years old and have never been in a relationship of any kind.

For most of my life, I believed I was a lousy person, I was obese and undereducated (only finishing high school at a llocally developed level) and never believed anybody could love me.

But than some time passed, and my life took a turn for the better. I retook a bunch of high school classes extra curricularly, ...

Hey.

So at my school, we have a final assignment that's worth about 10-15% of the final grade, and for my English class, my teacher is making us do a presentation where you have to play a character and whatnot. And... usually I do presentations better in groups because the spotlight isn't on me but this one is just different, and humiliating and I don't think I can do it even though I have to. ...

I think I have a fear of abandonment because of things that have happened to me in my life, and it has nothing to do with my childhood or my parents, but with guys I've met in my adult life. Guys never stay interested in me when it comes to dating, I've never had a boyfriend and I'm almost 28. Because they are always losing interest, I think I've developed a fear of abandonment. I ...

I recently overheard my mother mentioning the time when I use to be on Ritalin. It set me off and I haven't been able get it out of my mind. All I know is that $#%^ literally almost killed me and I had to be hospitalized.

Ritalin causes growth problems which explains why I had a shrunken testicle, and I remember a tube being shoved inside my di*k. God that hurt like hell. I had ...

Has anyone ever experienced a sense of anxiety when alone with another person? I even feel this with my friends. This is something that really reduces the quality of my relationships with people because I can never hang out with just them. I always need a third person to be there to carry some of the pressure of socializing. That's something that goes through my mind when with another individual.

Maybe this has somewhat to ...

Hello,

I'm making this thread because today I've had a kind of relapse of social phobia. Nothing unusual happened, I did my makeup, dressed nicely and went out to have a walk since the weather is so nice. But when I was walking down the streets, I was struck with anxiety because, the horror!, other people were walking around. I felt scared of them. I'm a really petite young woman with an innocent-looking face and ...

I have always had extreme anxiety when it comes to starting a conversation with strangers even a small talk. What is the best way to overcome this? Thank you

So, I thought about writing this for quiet some time now.
I think that social anxiety is often caused by unconditional/unpredictable emotional abuse, public stigmatization or bullying (things like that).
And one thing I noticed for myself, don't know if others feel like that as well, it made me loose faith in my own social competencies.
Even if I know that the way I am behaving in a social situation is the same than how ...