Social Anxiety Support

SAS · 03-17-2010, 04:03 PM

Meet with other local people who have shyness & social anxiety. Offer support and understanding and share your story with others! Click on the "About Us" link on the left column for even more info about this group before joining. We look forward to having you join!

More Info: http://shyness.meetup.com/171/

noodlez4me · 07-23-2011, 10:42 PM

live in san diego im 17 and want to make friends please

Kevinbd · 09-25-2012, 08:19 PM

Hello,

Just wanted to know if there is any support groups for SA in San Diego. Proper therapy groups that meet up weekly.

Maybe doing the Dr Richards tapes/CD etc.

http://www.socialanxietyinstitute.org/

Or people seeing psychologists/therapists and doing CBT.

Any help appreciatted

Kevin

InvisibleHero · 09-25-2012, 11:06 PM

Yeah, I'm doing one right now. You can still join. PM me.

aaronsf91 · 10-10-2012, 12:32 PM

If you guys do live in the San Diego area we're going to start a group at the Cognitive Therapy Institute of San Diego. It's located in the La Jolla area and is right off the 5 Freeway. It's led by a professional therapist who will follow a similar program to Dr. Richards' series. We need about 6-7 people and we have about 3 right now. Email me back if you're interested.

Here's the website of the place:

http://www.cognitivetherapysandiego.com/

Here's my email:

sanfilippo99usn@yahoo.com

stubbornlove · 03-22-2013, 10:14 PM

Hello everyone, I'm new here, just signed up today actually. I am 28, female, married, from San Diego and am dying inside. Technically, I haven't been clinically diagnosed with SAD but the more I read about it the more convinced I am that I definitely have it. I seriously dread coming across people face to face, my heart races, my palms get sweaty, I get soooo nervous, fears creep into my heart and I start feeling like I'm about to die, its horrible. Just recently I attended a family reunion and wow! As my husband and I pulled up to the party panic sunk in. Insecurities came over me, I started thinking, "what if they judge me, or what if they comment on my weight, or what if they make fun of my accent, what if they think I'm dumb..." Etc. I'm my own worst enemy. I truly feel sorry for my husband sometimes..he's a social butterfly who LOVES to dance and meet new people. It comes so naturally to him. I admire that about him. He doesn't have not one shy bone in his body. Sometimes I feel like I hold him back because there are times when I refuse to join him to certain social gatherings and family events. I just feel like people won't like me, because I'm weird, socially awkward and quiet. I wasn't always like this, back in middle school and part of high school I was fun to be around. A lot of my girlfriends used to laugh to tears because I wasnt afraid to be goofy, silly and fun. People used to tell me I was so funny. I look back now and the person I was then is totally different from Tue person I am today. But why? Am I so jaded from life experiences? What happened then and now that robbed me from the ability to trust people and build new friendships? Why am I soo terrified to speak to anyone, its like I always have my guard up 24/7. The only way I'll talk to you is if you are very very kind and sweet person- a walking talking carebear, yes I know pathetic. I'm so sensitive that I fear you might judge me, so I'm closed off to anyone "intimidating". So anyway, as my husband and I walked into the building I clung to him like a little girl. I smiled the whole time, even though I really wanted to hide underneath a rock. I didn't even want to go serve myself a plate of food, I'd rather go hungry than to walk past my staring relatives. I didn't want to go to the restroom bc I didn't want to leave my husbands side out of fear of social contact. The whole time I was there I felt as if people were staring at me and judging me, thinking awful and mean things about me. When in reality I was probably the last thing on their mind. I don't understand WHY WHY WHY I torture myself like this.

03-17-2010, 04:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
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09-25-2012, 08:19 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kevinbd Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 2	San Diego support groups Hello, Just wanted to know if there is any support groups for SA in San Diego. Proper therapy groups that meet up weekly. Maybe doing the Dr Richards tapes/CD etc. http://www.socialanxietyinstitute.org/ Or people seeing psychologists/therapists and doing CBT. Any help appreciatted Kevin

10-10-2012, 12:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
aaronsf91 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 9	CBT Group in La Jolla If you guys do live in the San Diego area we're going to start a group at the Cognitive Therapy Institute of San Diego. It's located in the La Jolla area and is right off the 5 Freeway. It's led by a professional therapist who will follow a similar program to Dr. Richards' series. We need about 6-7 people and we have about 3 right now. Email me back if you're interested. Here's the website of the place: http://www.cognitivetherapysandiego.com/ Here's my email: sanfilippo99usn@yahoo.com AbbeyS likes this.

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stubbornlove Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: San Diego, CA Gender: Female Posts: 21	Hello everyone, I'm new here, just signed up today actually. I am 28, female, married, from San Diego and am dying inside. Technically, I haven't been clinically diagnosed with SAD but the more I read about it the more convinced I am that I definitely have it. I seriously dread coming across people face to face, my heart races, my palms get sweaty, I get soooo nervous, fears creep into my heart and I start feeling like I'm about to die, its horrible. Just recently I attended a family reunion and wow! As my husband and I pulled up to the party panic sunk in. Insecurities came over me, I started thinking, "what if they judge me, or what if they comment on my weight, or what if they make fun of my accent, what if they think I'm dumb..." Etc. I'm my own worst enemy. I truly feel sorry for my husband sometimes..he's a social butterfly who LOVES to dance and meet new people. It comes so naturally to him. I admire that about him. He doesn't have not one shy bone in his body. Sometimes I feel like I hold him back because there are times when I refuse to join him to certain social gatherings and family events. I just feel like people won't like me, because I'm weird, socially awkward and quiet. I wasn't always like this, back in middle school and part of high school I was fun to be around. A lot of my girlfriends used to laugh to tears because I wasnt afraid to be goofy, silly and fun. People used to tell me I was so funny. I look back now and the person I was then is totally different from Tue person I am today. But why? Am I so jaded from life experiences? What happened then and now that robbed me from the ability to trust people and build new friendships? Why am I soo terrified to speak to anyone, its like I always have my guard up 24/7. The only way I'll talk to you is if you are very very kind and sweet person- a walking talking carebear, yes I know pathetic. I'm so sensitive that I fear you might judge me, so I'm closed off to anyone "intimidating". So anyway, as my husband and I walked into the building I clung to him like a little girl. I smiled the whole time, even though I really wanted to hide underneath a rock. I didn't even want to go serve myself a plate of food, I'd rather go hungry than to walk past my staring relatives. I didn't want to go to the restroom bc I didn't want to leave my husbands side out of fear of social contact. The whole time I was there I felt as if people were staring at me and judging me, thinking awful and mean things about me. When in reality I was probably the last thing on their mind. I don't understand WHY WHY WHY I torture myself like this.