Social Anxiety Support

Sh0nn0n · 08-30-2009, 10:49 PM

I believe I suffer with SA...I have most of the symptoms, but not as much as the physical symptoms (sweating and panic attacks). I have seen a few therapist but they dont help much. I feel like i suffer with it mainly in school and occasionally outside of school. In school it feels like people really dont give you a chance to show them who you really are. Does anyone else have SA like this, meaning that you are different in different situations (like me in school)?

TimeisAllAround · 08-31-2009, 07:54 AM

Yes I believe I'm starting to get like this too. I'm generally okay when it comes to hanging out with friends. I think it is because they are my friends and I trust them. However when I meet new people that gets me anxious. I'm also anxious a lot in school. I'm just around so many people. I worry about what they think of me, especially if I want them to be a potential friend. Then there are people who make me nervous because I don't like them at all or they are demeaning to people.
Yes I totally understand what you are saying and I think it happens quite often. People have anxiety that differs in different situations.

milkyx · 08-31-2009, 01:22 PM

I'm very anxious out of school but I go to an all girls' private school so there isn't really that many people for me to be intimidated by and I tend to be very different in different situations also

guitargirl · 08-31-2009, 06:13 PM

Yes, I am anxious around new people. Not at all though around my family and close niche of friends. I have two completely different personalities. The outgoing funny girl with people that are close in my life. Or else I'm the sweet shy girl at school with acquaintences. I have struggled with SA being a lot worse previously, and I feel like I've been getting better when it comes to putting myself out there.

sarah22 · 10-26-2009, 12:26 PM

i dont really have the physical symptoms, im just extremely shy and i feel nervous when talking to people. but i dont get panic attacks. i also feel like i have 2 different personalities, or maybe even more than that, always depending on who im around. but its just really hard for me to open up to people

08-30-2009, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sh0nn0n Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Gender: Female Age: 17 Posts: 1	Teen with SA I believe I suffer with SA...I have most of the symptoms, but not as much as the physical symptoms (sweating and panic attacks). I have seen a few therapist but they dont help much. I feel like i suffer with it mainly in school and occasionally outside of school. In school it feels like people really dont give you a chance to show them who you really are. Does anyone else have SA like this, meaning that you are different in different situations (like me in school)?

08-31-2009, 01:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
milkyx Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South London , UK Gender: Female Posts: 31	I'm very anxious out of school but I go to an all girls' private school so there isn't really that many people for me to be intimidated by and I tend to be very different in different situations also __________________ "It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness." -- Eleanor Roosevelt

08-31-2009, 07:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
TimeisAllAround Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Midwest, USA Gender: Female Posts: 75	Yes I believe I'm starting to get like this too. I'm generally okay when it comes to hanging out with friends. I think it is because they are my friends and I trust them. However when I meet new people that gets me anxious. I'm also anxious a lot in school. I'm just around so many people. I worry about what they think of me, especially if I want them to be a potential friend. Then there are people who make me nervous because I don't like them at all or they are demeaning to people. Yes I totally understand what you are saying and I think it happens quite often. People have anxiety that differs in different situations.

08-31-2009, 06:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
guitargirl Status: SAS Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 45	Yes, I am anxious around new people. Not at all though around my family and close niche of friends. I have two completely different personalities. The outgoing funny girl with people that are close in my life. Or else I'm the sweet shy girl at school with acquaintences. I have struggled with SA being a lot worse previously, and I feel like I've been getting better when it comes to putting myself out there.

10-26-2009, 12:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
sarah22 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA Gender: Female Posts: 12	i dont really have the physical symptoms, im just extremely shy and i feel nervous when talking to people. but i dont get panic attacks. i also feel like i have 2 different personalities, or maybe even more than that, always depending on who im around. but its just really hard for me to open up to people