Social Anxiety Support

Raptors · 08-30-2009, 06:00 PM

I still get SA with close friends...albeit milder but still present and usually prevents me from having much fun.

anonymid · 08-30-2009, 06:32 PM

I don't, but that's only because for me a close friend by definition is a friend I don't experience any anxiety, apprehension, or discomfort around. I only have one or two friends like that. Most other friends I've had I've tended to fall out of touch with, because I haven't felt completely comfortable around them for one reason or another.

xyzhousexyz · 08-30-2009, 07:53 PM

When I'm around "close family" or my bestest friends or girlfriend My SA goes away COMPLETELY. I am a complete fool, joking around and having a good time. This is why I have hope for me overcoming this, because when I'm with my friends and lets say they have one of their friends around who i don't know I'm able to function somewhat normally.

Iced Soul · 08-30-2009, 07:55 PM

Anyone I'm close to, I don't get much or any anxiety. They know who I am, how I am, and everything about me and they still accept me, mostly, so they really don't make me anxious.
People have told me I'm completely different when around people I know well.

leke3 · 08-30-2009, 07:58 PM

my sa does pop up when im with my close friends..its like i cant control it..its not as bad as it is with total complete strangers but its still there..

shyvr6 · 08-30-2009, 08:28 PM

I'm still a little quiet, but it doesn't bother me like it would if I was with people I hardly knew.

08-30-2009, 06:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
Raptors Status: Soarin! Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: GTA, Ontario, Can Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 449	Do you get SA with close friends? I still get SA with close friends...albeit milder but still present and usually prevents me from having much fun.

08-30-2009, 06:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
anonymid Status: snow man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Connecticut Gender: Male Age: 33 Posts: 8,951	I don't, but that's only because for me a close friend by definition is a friend I don't experience any anxiety, apprehension, or discomfort around. I only have one or two friends like that. Most other friends I've had I've tended to fall out of touch with, because I haven't felt completely comfortable around them for one reason or another. __________________ If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, let 'em go, because man, they're gone. --Jack Handey

08-30-2009, 08:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
shyvr6 Status: Makin Waves Join Date: Feb 2008 Gender: Male Age: 35 Posts: 15,374	I'm still a little quiet, but it doesn't bother me like it would if I was with people I hardly knew. __________________ My world equals a lifetime of thoughts and only a heartbeat of existence.

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08-30-2009, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
xyzhousexyz Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Bronx, New York Gender: Male Posts: 494	When I'm around "close family" or my bestest friends or girlfriend My SA goes away COMPLETELY. I am a complete fool, joking around and having a good time. This is why I have hope for me overcoming this, because when I'm with my friends and lets say they have one of their friends around who i don't know I'm able to function somewhat normally.

08-30-2009, 07:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Iced Soul Status: Done with SA Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,818	Anyone I'm close to, I don't get much or any anxiety. They know who I am, how I am, and everything about me and they still accept me, mostly, so they really don't make me anxious. People have told me I'm completely different when around people I know well.

08-30-2009, 07:58 PM	#5 (permalink)
leke3 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: maryland, usa Gender: Female Posts: 22	my sa does pop up when im with my close friends..its like i cant control it..its not as bad as it is with total complete strangers but its still there..