Social Anxiety Support

Rtastism · 11-04-2009, 12:26 PM

I just graduated high school in june, but I've been struggling for so long trying to decide where to go for post secondary.
I get so anxious when I look up programs I'm interested in.
There are so many schools and so many options and I just get overwhelmed and start to have a panic/anxiety attack.
And then I start to worry about how if this is how I feel just looking up the programs online, how would I feel if I were actually going to school? How would people react to that? And I'm just plain terrified!
I don't know how to manage it and I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or has been through the same thing?

2Talkative · 11-04-2009, 06:10 PM

I don't know but I do know I struggle with the same thing if I think about something anxiety causing I can start to feel an attack coming....so I stopped thinking about having a GF

Lovesick Loner · 11-04-2009, 06:12 PM

I don't think there's any way around it. You just have to deal with it and think about the long-term goal you hope from going to school. Just make sure it's something that you know will have good job opportunities when you graduate. Nothing sucks more than getting a degree in something that doesn't help your job search. Although, even that's better than no degree at all.

11-04-2009, 12:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rtastism Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 10	Post Secondary Education I just graduated high school in june, but I've been struggling for so long trying to decide where to go for post secondary. I get so anxious when I look up programs I'm interested in. There are so many schools and so many options and I just get overwhelmed and start to have a panic/anxiety attack. And then I start to worry about how if this is how I feel just looking up the programs online, how would I feel if I were actually going to school? How would people react to that? And I'm just plain terrified! I don't know how to manage it and I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or has been through the same thing?

11-04-2009, 06:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
2Talkative Status: MIA Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vancouver BC Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 509	I don't know but I do know I struggle with the same thing if I think about something anxiety causing I can start to feel an attack coming....so I stopped thinking about having a GF __________________ "I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds." - Henry Rollins

11-04-2009, 06:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lovesick Loner Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 164	I don't think there's any way around it. You just have to deal with it and think about the long-term goal you hope from going to school. Just make sure it's something that you know will have good job opportunities when you graduate. Nothing sucks more than getting a degree in something that doesn't help your job search. Although, even that's better than no degree at all. __________________ "Every day is Like Sunday, Every day is silent and gray" - Morrissey