Social Anxiety Support

namastecadet · 10-02-2009, 11:57 PM

Since joining SAS several months (previously a lurker for over a year), i've come to realize that most people are on the forum for several reasons: to either seek help, to confide in others or to give advice. Which is it for you?

(Try to pick the one that really draws you in the most, even if it is a combination of two or all three.)

If there is another reason besides these, please post it. i'm interested to know.

Iced Soul · 10-03-2009, 12:20 AM

Confide in Others, I guess.

It's definitely a combo of all three, though.

layitontheline · 10-03-2009, 12:47 AM

I guess confide in others, since what I like most is reading about things I can relate to so that I don't feel so alone. I don't expect to get any actual help from going on here. I think in order to improve it'd all be on me and what I do away from the computer.

steelmyhead · 10-03-2009, 02:51 AM

I voted confide in others. I had only one burning question, and I asked that a couple months after joining. All of my posts since then have been egotistical ramblings.

lyssado707 · 10-03-2009, 05:30 PM

Confide in others. Normal ppl can't relate to me like SA ppl can.

dreamer222 · 10-03-2009, 09:14 PM

Confide in others, definitely.

N3XT2NON3 · 10-03-2009, 09:35 PM

give advice but i confide a lot too

Emerald3 · 10-04-2009, 02:49 AM

Generally all three, but really confide. The net helps me to talk out my problems which in RL I can't & don't want to do.

odd_one_out · 10-04-2009, 09:05 AM

It's my only form of interaction and medium for sharing ideas and information.

I get to concentrate on the technical aspects of psych and other disorders, which is a major interest of mine.

I get to help and provide information; I prefer this to seeking it. I'm not good at confiding in others.

meowgirl · 10-04-2009, 10:18 AM

confide in others... ^_^ i guess it helps to know that i'm not alone^_^

Toad Licker · 10-08-2009, 07:24 PM

I joined again at a bad point when I was really down and going through a lot at the time, I could have used some help but didn't really seek any out like I probably should have. Now I give some advice when I can and chat with a few members from time to time.

Neptunus · 10-08-2009, 07:30 PM

Confide and give advice... if at all possible.

Perfectionist · 10-08-2009, 07:37 PM

Confide in others. It's nice knowing you're talking to people who understand what SA is and what is like to deal with it. It makes me feel less alone.

View Poll Results: Get Help, Confide in Others or Give Advice?
Get Help	4	16.00%
Confide in Others	12	48.00%
Give Advice	9	36.00%
Voters: 25. You may not vote on this poll

10-02-2009, 11:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
namastecadet Status: SAS Member Join Date: May 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 104	Get Help, Confide in Others or Give Advice? Since joining SAS several months (previously a lurker for over a year), i've come to realize that most people are on the forum for several reasons: to either seek help, to confide in others or to give advice. Which is it for you? (Try to pick the one that really draws you in the most, even if it is a combination of two or all three.) If there is another reason besides these, please post it. i'm interested to know.

10-03-2009, 12:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Iced Soul Status: Dancing on Rainbows Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Calilalaland Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 1,775	Confide in Others, I guess. It's definitely a combo of all three, though. __________________ I scraped my knees while I was praying And found a demon in my safest haven. Seems like, it's getting harder to believe in anything Than just to get lost in all my selfish thoughts. I wanna know what it'd be like To find perfection in my pride To see nothing in the light Just turn it off In all my spite, in all my spite, I'll turn it off. - Turn It Off - Paramore http://twitter.com/MissEerie

10-03-2009, 02:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
steelmyhead Status: mostly harmless Join Date: May 2009 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 641	I voted confide in others. I had only one burning question, and I asked that a couple months after joining. All of my posts since then have been egotistical ramblings. __________________ The trick is to experience, not anticipate.

10-03-2009, 05:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
lyssado707 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Humboldt County, CA Age: 22 Posts: 3,228	Confide in others. Normal ppl can't relate to me like SA ppl can. __________________ In Loving Memory, http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...6/P1000595.jpg http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...P1000480-1.jpg Marmalade January 1991-February 19, 2007

10-03-2009, 12:47 AM	#3 (permalink)
layitontheline Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 320	I guess confide in others, since what I like most is reading about things I can relate to so that I don't feel so alone. I don't expect to get any actual help from going on here. I think in order to improve it'd all be on me and what I do away from the computer.

10-03-2009, 09:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
dreamer222 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 216	Confide in others, definitely. __________________ What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?

10-03-2009, 09:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
N3XT2NON3 Status: Waiting 4 The Sky To Fall Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ Gender: Male Age: 19 Posts: 313	give advice but i confide a lot too

10-04-2009, 02:49 AM	#8 (permalink)
Emerald3 Status: Wants to be someone else Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: England Gender: Female Age: 22 Posts: 283	Generally all three, but really confide. The net helps me to talk out my problems which in RL I can't & don't want to do.

10-04-2009, 09:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
odd_one_out Status: Active-but-odd Join Date: Aug 2006 Age: 32 Posts: 1,215	It's my only form of interaction and medium for sharing ideas and information. I get to concentrate on the technical aspects of psych and other disorders, which is a major interest of mine. I get to help and provide information; I prefer this to seeking it. I'm not good at confiding in others.

10-04-2009, 10:18 AM	#10 (permalink)
meowgirl Status: legend of the seas Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 134	confide in others... ^_^ i guess it helps to know that i'm not alone^_^ __________________ Because I'm easy come, easy go

10-08-2009, 07:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,638	I joined again at a bad point when I was really down and going through a lot at the time, I could have used some help but didn't really seek any out like I probably should have. Now I give some advice when I can and chat with a few members from time to time. __________________ 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

10-08-2009, 07:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
Neptunus Status: Authenticating Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 2,841	Confide and give advice... if at all possible. __________________ "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

10-08-2009, 07:37 PM	#13 (permalink)
Perfectionist Status: Too Cool for School Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At the Hundredth Meridian Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 2,313	Confide in others. It's nice knowing you're talking to people who understand what SA is and what is like to deal with it. It makes me feel less alone. __________________ -Oh if Hans Christian Anderson could've had his way with me