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Yellow monkey here.
I've never spoken about my problem before and I haven't been clinically diagnosed but I guess I suffer from Social Anxiety.
I've always been "the quiet one" and tended to form only one or two very close friends, but over the years it's become a lot worse - I feel petrified about speaking out and meeting new people or making friends (Recently, a childhood friend, whom I hadn't seen for over six years visited us, but I was so terrified about the whole situation that I couldn't bring myself to come out of my room).
High school was all about marks and passing matric but I'm a first year medical student now and I can't carry on like this (just had the most terrifying and embarrassing experience today (yesterday?)).
Hope to gain some mch-needed advice.
Yellow monkey
I've never spoken about my problem before and I haven't been clinically diagnosed but I guess I suffer from Social Anxiety.
I've always been "the quiet one" and tended to form only one or two very close friends, but over the years it's become a lot worse - I feel petrified about speaking out and meeting new people or making friends (Recently, a childhood friend, whom I hadn't seen for over six years visited us, but I was so terrified about the whole situation that I couldn't bring myself to come out of my room).
High school was all about marks and passing matric but I'm a first year medical student now and I can't carry on like this (just had the most terrifying and embarrassing experience today (yesterday?)).
Hope to gain some mch-needed advice.
Yellow monkey
I'm sorry about what you're going through. Good for you for making this first step. I hope these forums and other resources can be of help to you.
