Social Anxiety Support

innerpunk16 · 12-01-2008, 05:47 PM

i am new here, but not new to social anxiety. i have been frustrated with it for about 5 years. I have been diagnosed with panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and ptsd.

Ive always been slow to warm up. A friendly person, but too worried all the time. Always worried about how people see me, as i was ridiculed for most of my youth, being fully grown now at 5 feet, but always significantly shorter...plus i am mixed (irish dad, spanish, filipino, chinese mom) so i always looked different.

My main problem is situational claustrophobia. I feel that i cannot escape some events, such as dinners, parties, class, planes, cars.

I have extreme fear that my IBS will flare up and the wrong time, and i am always terrified that i will embarrass myself because of it.

NICE TO MEET EVERYONE!

brealair · 12-01-2008, 06:17 PM

welcome

Noca · 12-01-2008, 08:24 PM

Welcome to SAS Jenny!

mind_games · 12-01-2008, 10:05 PM

Welcome jenny,

It is not surprising that people like us get IBS and similar issues due to our worrying nature. I have IBS, though luckily I don't have any pain issues and the rest of the symptoms are under control now.

Incidently there is a support group for ibs at http://ibsgroup.org. It was only through that forum I realised there others with IBS symptoms just like mine and it was a huge relief for me at the time.

dontcare · 12-02-2008, 08:44 AM

Ally · 12-02-2008, 08:45 AM

Welcome

Toad Licker · 12-02-2008, 12:44 PM

Hey Jenny

millenniumman75 · 12-06-2008, 07:54 PM

Welcome, Innerpunk16!

12-01-2008, 05:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
innerpunk16 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NJ Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 9	my name is jenny i am new here, but not new to social anxiety. i have been frustrated with it for about 5 years. I have been diagnosed with panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and ptsd. Ive always been slow to warm up. A friendly person, but too worried all the time. Always worried about how people see me, as i was ridiculed for most of my youth, being fully grown now at 5 feet, but always significantly shorter...plus i am mixed (irish dad, spanish, filipino, chinese mom) so i always looked different. My main problem is situational claustrophobia. I feel that i cannot escape some events, such as dinners, parties, class, planes, cars. I have extreme fear that my IBS will flare up and the wrong time, and i am always terrified that i will embarrass myself because of it. NICE TO MEET EVERYONE!

12-01-2008, 06:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
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12-02-2008, 08:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
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12-02-2008, 12:44 PM	#7 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,592	Hey Jenny __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

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12-01-2008, 08:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
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12-01-2008, 10:05 PM	#4 (permalink)
mind_games Status: dances, like a fridge Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 23 Posts: 1,563	Welcome jenny, It is not surprising that people like us get IBS and similar issues due to our worrying nature. I have IBS, though luckily I don't have any pain issues and the rest of the symptoms are under control now. Incidently there is a support group for ibs at http://ibsgroup.org. It was only through that forum I realised there others with IBS symptoms just like mine and it was a huge relief for me at the time.

12-02-2008, 08:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
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