Social Anxiety Support

Manatee · 08-11-2012, 06:34 AM

For those of you in college/high school...anyone else nervous for classes starting again? For me personally I get so nervous over the icebreaker activities some professors/teachers make us do.

Like stand up, introduce yourself, and say one interesting fact about yourself. I know they are supposed to "break the ice," but I always felt worse, especially since I feel pretty boring and never have anything interesting to say.

It's pretty irrational I start worrying about this days before it even happens.

LukeT · 08-11-2012, 06:51 AM

try to memorize the names and all the facts you can about the others, that might distract your anxiety

also this way when you cross in the hallways with one of your classmates, you can go "hey, you are mike right?" people will be pleasingly surprised you remember their names, you can have a conversation going, and who knows, maybe even make some friends...

Amethyst Forest · 08-11-2012, 06:57 AM

I remember those, and I always dreaded them! They seemed kind of pointless to me, as I simply disappeared right back into the background for the rest of the school year/semester.

08-11-2012, 06:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
Manatee Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 61	Icebreaker Activities! For those of you in college/high school...anyone else nervous for classes starting again? For me personally I get so nervous over the icebreaker activities some professors/teachers make us do. Like stand up, introduce yourself, and say one interesting fact about yourself. I know they are supposed to "break the ice," but I always felt worse, especially since I feel pretty boring and never have anything interesting to say. It's pretty irrational I start worrying about this days before it even happens.

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08-11-2012, 06:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
LukeT Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 264	try to memorize the names and all the facts you can about the others, that might distract your anxiety also this way when you cross in the hallways with one of your classmates, you can go "hey, you are mike right?" people will be pleasingly surprised you remember their names, you can have a conversation going, and who knows, maybe even make some friends...

08-11-2012, 06:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Amethyst Forest Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Gender: Female Age: 25 Posts: 251	I remember those, and I always dreaded them! They seemed kind of pointless to me, as I simply disappeared right back into the background for the rest of the school year/semester.