I'm 20 and relly confused. I've had this
depression anxiety 4 nearly a year it has
got better gradually and im at the point
now where I can be happy at home but I do
get spells where I think about bad stuff a
lot of the time. I can go 2 work and be
generally happy, again I do get spells of
feelin down I communicate reasonably well
and can get along without anyone noticing
my problem. Its when im in the company of
my friends it is I find it the most
gruelling task as they all know what i've
been through and most of them have not
been there for me and instead have
ridiculed me! I muddle up my words
terribly and come out with random
outbursts, I also do not find anything
humourus so I avoid eye contact at all
times, and the feelings I get the whole
time are horrendous! It has got to the
point now where I don't go out at all I go
to work come home and that is my routine!
On the weekends i'll be on my own because
that is when i'm happiest, I don't want to
stay in so i'll go for a spin in the car
or have a look round the shops but again
on my own. I'm on fluoxetine and am
hoping that this will bring me round but
thats all I have hope. It may seem
insignificant but it has changed my life
im considering paying for ect but I need
to find out some practices that carry it
out first anyone know of any in wales or
south of england??? Apart from that can
anyone offer me any advice on sorting out
this social anxiety disorder???
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Posted: 06-15-05 12:50pm
Social anxiety is very very common. I
suffer from it too. I have gone to a
social worker and have talked to her about
my problems . She was wonderful because
she was like a life coach. She explained
to me what anxiety was and how we have
many irrational thoughts that enter our
minds and make us worry. We have to face
our fears, face our thoughts type thing
because I told her that I wanted to solve
this throught councelling and not
medication and that is what she told me
needed to be done. I still have mild
anxiety and its reallly like a
rollercoaster but for me it is a lot of
mental exercise/work that I have to do to
overcome my feelings.
I know how you feel about your friends. I
used to have frineds like that too! I
grew up with one of them and I met another
few friends during highschool and we were
a group and I felt really uncomfortable
around them because everyone ended up
having their "best friend" and I always
felt left out. I felt so uncomfortable
that I avoided them and wished I had found
new frineds...And I have and they are
wonderful and are there for me when I need
someone to talk to.
One more thing. You said that you have
had this anxiety for nearly a year? Well
what happened that you developed this
anxiety in the past year?
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