News of Social Phobia Forum

Hi, folks!
First of all, I´d like to thank all of you who are engaged with helping others to cope and overwhelm one of the worst things in life - social anxiety. You´re doing a great and noble job!
I´m here because I´d like to share my experience and probably search for a solution, considering that I´m 19 years old and I virtually need to take advantage of my life.
So, the thing is that ...

does anyone ever feel like they can't function like other people sometimes? like, life should be easy or at least normal but even simple stuff is hard? not all the time but sometimes anxiety gets the best of you?

Five years ago I went to the doctors to ask if he would prescribe me some medication for my anxiety. I explained that my anxiety triggered in certain situations where attention was on me, such as public speaking, training courses talking out loud and role play, etc. He said he would refer me to a therapist. I told him that I have tried everything like that and nothing ever helps me, I just needed some ...

Social Anxiety is tough, and for me there does not seem any end to it. It just keeps going and going and going. I am very lonely and feel very isolated at times. I always hear my parents saying that the only way to overcome it is to get outside where there is a lot of people. That would work if I wasn't autistic. Most of the time I feel hopeless and lonely. Even though ...

I blush whenever I'm afraid to blush. When I'm in a conversation I sometimes lose my concentration and become afraid. Something my brother said a year ago made me feel so bad, since then I lost all my self confidence. I can blush when someone is talking to me and I'm just listening. It's getting worse, I can't control it. I don't know how to temper this fear from blushing, and the blushing itself.

Not quite sure if this is the right place for this topic, but the title tells most of the story on why I've come here.

I have had trouble making eye contact with others since high school (14-15 yrs old) I'm 27 now and it's getting pretty bad. I have to give presentations daily for my job and I'm constantly told to make more eye contact. I'm not really afraid of other people, and to ...

I don't know how to explain.What do you call this feeling that whenever you think about/meet a certain person you feel fear,anxiety and nausea and you sweat?Like in the same time,you try not to give wrong impressions so you try to keep cool and smile often,but still you are scared?It's really getting on my nerves,because I cant even avoid this symptoms whenever i'm in company of another people.
What should I do?Please help.

I'm 20 and I've been depressed for as long as I can remember. I'm in a hoarder house while my parents are off on vacation and I don't even know how to be happy anymore. I'm just an asshole to everyone and I'm ######6 made fun of by customers at work all the damn time. I ######6 hate myself and I don't know what to do at this point.

I will try to keep this short as possible but I would really like some help as this problem is affecting my life a lot.

I had a happy childhood, I was never bullied, parents took good care of me, I was pretty popular in school and college. I had plenty of friends even though I was a bit shy (mostly shy talking to girls). When I first joined an internship, I felt socially anxious ...

I am 35. Never had sex. I spend most of my time watching movies or writing code for web. To relax I go for a walk at the beach (sometimes alone, sometimes with my 2 friends). I do not mingle easily with new people. Basically an introvert.

Girls seem to like me during my college days. They used to get my number through my friends just to talk to me for friendship. But I used ...