Social Anxiety Support

blc1 · 01-08-2009, 08:46 AM

I am a nineteen year old, soon to be twenty, college student in California. Excessive, uncontrollable, unpredictable blushing is the main symptom of my anxiety. This began when I was sixteen and continues to make most social situations unpleasant. I give myself a small pat on the back for staying in school despite the blushing inducing classroom environment. I'm also looking for a part time job which is difficult when there is little that I fear more than INTERVIEWS! I become almost panic-stricken before giving unprepared responses to an unknown interviewer who will be comparing me with other eligible hopefuls. I am unsure if, to the casual observer, my face is as red as it feels. I try hard like many of you to face these daily situations with whatever courage I have.

Toad Licker · 01-08-2009, 09:22 AM

Hey blc1 welcome.

88Marian · 01-08-2009, 04:43 PM

Hey, i think uncontrolable blushing is kind of really awesome/ super cute.

My skin is a bit too dark to even show blushing

ever.. But my best girlfriend does it all the time, the perhaps awkward uncontrolable blushes, & we all think it's super cute.. The sometimes salmon pink from head to boobs, makes her, her.

*Sorry, i realise that is totally unhelpful & i have completely missed your point. Just had to say it..
But i get the overbearing freakouts about your physicality. I do have that, but in a different way.. I think it's worse when no one else can see it. (or at least accept it as any sort of issue).. because they don't get it.
hope you stick around here

xx

blc1 · 01-08-2009, 08:04 PM

88Marian, I also finding blushing attractive, but in others. I understand its appeal, though it's less appealing if it's excessive.

Just Lurking · 01-08-2009, 08:05 PM

Welcome

aw3se4dr5 · 01-09-2009, 11:21 AM

hola blc1

mind_games · 01-10-2009, 01:40 AM

Hi

millenniumman75 · 01-10-2009, 11:53 AM

Welcome, BLC1!

01-08-2009, 08:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
blc1 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: California Age: 20 Posts: 100	First Timer I am a nineteen year old, soon to be twenty, college student in California. Excessive, uncontrollable, unpredictable blushing is the main symptom of my anxiety. This began when I was sixteen and continues to make most social situations unpleasant. I give myself a small pat on the back for staying in school despite the blushing inducing classroom environment. I'm also looking for a part time job which is difficult when there is little that I fear more than INTERVIEWS! I become almost panic-stricken before giving unprepared responses to an unknown interviewer who will be comparing me with other eligible hopefuls. I am unsure if, to the casual observer, my face is as red as it feels. I try hard like many of you to face these daily situations with whatever courage I have.

01-08-2009, 09:22 AM	#2 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Age: 44 Posts: 22,309	Hey blc1 welcome. __________________ Take me down to the Devil I'm not afraid of a little sin To burn away these dead dead days And pison my sorrow 'til it slips away Out of my heart and out of my hands Through my fingers and onto the land The high tide comes to carry out to sea The hell we raise so we can be cured We can be free - Crooked Fingers

01-08-2009, 08:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
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01-10-2009, 11:53 AM	#8 (permalink)
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01-08-2009, 04:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
88Marian Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: australia Age: 21 Posts: 28	Hey, i think uncontrolable blushing is kind of really awesome/ super cute. My skin is a bit too dark to even show blushing ever.. But my best girlfriend does it all the time, the perhaps awkward uncontrolable blushes, & we all think it's super cute.. The sometimes salmon pink from head to boobs, makes her, her. Sorry, i realise that is totally* unhelpful & i have completely missed your point. Just had to say it.. But i get the overbearing freakouts about your physicality. I do have that, but in a different way.. I think it's worse when no one else can see it. (or at least accept it as any sort of issue).. because they don't get it. hope you stick around here xx

01-08-2009, 08:04 PM	#4 (permalink)
blc1 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: California Age: 20 Posts: 100	88Marian, I also finding blushing attractive, but in others. I understand its appeal, though it's less appealing if it's excessive.

01-09-2009, 11:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
aw3se4dr5 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Age: 19 Posts: 145	hola blc1