Social Anxiety Support

cyndy · 11-03-2009, 03:18 PM

like other people here in other threads i've read, checking my facebook and myspace is really depressing. not many people talk to me and i talk to hardly anyone.
i have this forum and living anxious.com to keep me in the loop and social. and i'm exploring the channels on youtube about sa.
so if i added anyone from this forum, don't be hurt when i delete the account. it's not you, it's me.

numero1 · 11-03-2009, 07:47 PM

I deleted my facebook and I deleted all of my contacts in my phone. I have absolutely no regrets about doing that.

Prakas · 11-03-2009, 09:15 PM

i log in facebook once a week or so for no reason at all. I have literally no one on it, maybe I should just stop

radudeATL · 11-03-2009, 09:20 PM

I go through phases where I'm totally inept at social networking and then I'm totally cool with it. I have a facebook account that I have not checked in almost a year. I'm afraid to check now because I know there are a ton of messages from people wondering where I am. But I'm going to try to go back and at least let everyone know I'm not dead! Plus, I just bought a digicam, so I can add pics of me doing cool stuff with all my friends! (OK, so that last part may be wishful thinking on my part).

Neptunus · 11-03-2009, 09:23 PM

Never understood the point of Facebook, especially for a person with SA. Sounds like a good decision.

lde22 · 11-04-2009, 02:17 AM

I have a myspace account that I never use. I have some friends on there but they are all from high school and I haven't talked to any of them in over 2 years, including on myspace. The only reason I keep it is because I have three friends on there that I used to be close to, and I keep telling myself that someday when I move out and am over my SA I will contact them again. Should I just delete it?

Mucho · 11-04-2009, 06:24 AM

You guys don't give out this negative advise! I would say you should just try messaging people more...usually they respond =/

NicoShy · 11-04-2009, 06:47 AM

Facebook just reminds me how behind I am in life. Have to constantly see others succeed. Most of my friends /high school people are on ignore/hide. I feel obligated to keep that page with the family etc. Fug it. I only log in for gaming purposes. Everyone shows off on that site anyway. I am gonna quit looking at people's pages.

XxArmyofOnexX · 11-04-2009, 09:50 AM

Haven't gone on mine in 4 months, too depressing to see how other people are succeeding and crap.

nubly · 11-04-2009, 10:17 AM

you can just stop going to it. i have a myspace and rarely check it. the only people i really 'converesed' with were family and one girl i used to chat with.

11-03-2009, 03:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
cyndy Status: pain helps a lot Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: maryland Gender: Female Age: 38 Posts: 118	thinking of deleting facebook & myspace like other people here in other threads i've read, checking my facebook and myspace is really depressing. not many people talk to me and i talk to hardly anyone. i have this forum and living anxious.com to keep me in the loop and social. and i'm exploring the channels on youtube about sa. so if i added anyone from this forum, don't be hurt when i delete the account. it's not you, it's me. __________________ social phobia, panic disorder w/agoraphobia, gad, depression(mild) current meds: buspirone 10mg 2x day, paroxetine 10mg, clonazepam 1.5mg inhale what i am, exhale what i think i am inhale exhale by henry rollins

11-03-2009, 07:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
numero1 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 362	I deleted my facebook and I deleted all of my contacts in my phone. I have absolutely no regrets about doing that. __________________ "Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard" -50 cent Disorder \| Rating Paranoid: High Schizoid: High Schizotypal: High Antisocial: High Borderline: Moderate Histrionic: High Narcissistic: High Avoidant: Moderate Dependent: Low Obsessive-Compulsive: Moderate

11-03-2009, 09:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Neptunus Status: Authenticating Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 2,844	Never understood the point of Facebook, especially for a person with SA. Sounds like a good decision. __________________ "When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing." ~Rabindranath Tagore "Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on." ---Sean Covey

11-04-2009, 09:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
XxArmyofOnexX Status: Permanently Canned Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NYC Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 542	Haven't gone on mine in 4 months, too depressing to see how other people are succeeding and crap. __________________ [13:34] nameless0n: i feel like im becoming more retarded everyone day

11-03-2009, 09:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Prakas Status: Failure - Life Sucks Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Delaware Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 434	i log in facebook once a week or so for no reason at all. I have literally no one on it, maybe I should just stop

11-03-2009, 09:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
radudeATL Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Boulder Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 193	I go through phases where I'm totally inept at social networking and then I'm totally cool with it. I have a facebook account that I have not checked in almost a year. I'm afraid to check now because I know there are a ton of messages from people wondering where I am. But I'm going to try to go back and at least let everyone know I'm not dead! Plus, I just bought a digicam, so I can add pics of me doing cool stuff with all my friends! (OK, so that last part may be wishful thinking on my part).

11-04-2009, 02:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
lde22 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Southern California Gender: Male Posts: 67	I have a myspace account that I never use. I have some friends on there but they are all from high school and I haven't talked to any of them in over 2 years, including on myspace. The only reason I keep it is because I have three friends on there that I used to be close to, and I keep telling myself that someday when I move out and am over my SA I will contact them again. Should I just delete it?

11-04-2009, 06:24 AM	#7 (permalink)
Mucho Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sandston VA, USA Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 20	You guys don't give out this negative advise! I would say you should just try messaging people more...usually they respond =/

11-04-2009, 06:47 AM	#8 (permalink)
NicoShy Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: MD, USA Gender: Female Posts: 150	Facebook just reminds me how behind I am in life. Have to constantly see others succeed. Most of my friends /high school people are on ignore/hide. I feel obligated to keep that page with the family etc. Fug it. I only log in for gaming purposes. Everyone shows off on that site anyway. I am gonna quit looking at people's pages.

11-04-2009, 10:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
nubly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA the greatest and best country in the world!! :) Posts: 7,065	you can just stop going to it. i have a myspace and rarely check it. the only people i really 'converesed' with were family and one girl i used to chat with.