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Hi All
I have always sufered silently under SA. I self diagnosed myself when I was about 19 as I realised that I would blush uncontrollably in certain situations, some stages until I was almost turning purple. I struggled through this as I could never could consentrate and felt that people could never take someone seriously if they always acted nervous when they were speaking to me.
Wierd thing for about 3 years I always assumed that I was by myself and managed to work around it, even trying laughing it off even though it was eating me up inside. Which worked a little as I could handle some social situations, but all this time I knew that it was builiding up inside and I often had random outburst of rage with my family, friends and especially myself.
I decided that I needed to tackle this head on, and put myself in a situation where I would have to put myself out there, so I applyd for a visa to work abroad in Canada......
Wieredly enough, just me applying for the visa gave me a huge boast of confidence, as rather than asking the usual questions like 'whats the problem with me' I felt that I was doing something to change myself for the better. I took this new confidence out to Canada, and whenever I felt that people would 'judge' me negatively I just kept saying that I will never see them again in my life, so why should I care?!
Now that I am back home, its like I have a new outlook on life, and whenever I feel like there is a situation where I am overwhealmed, I think back on the courage it took for me to live in another country, and off course all the great memory's that I have taken back from my 8 month stay
I would very much recomend travelling to any SA suffers, but Im sure there are many other ways of dealing with it. The underling point I wish to make is that confronting the problem will make you stronger, rather than building up worry's in your head until it feels that your sufforcated by the fear
Good luck with whatever path you choose!
I have always sufered silently under SA. I self diagnosed myself when I was about 19 as I realised that I would blush uncontrollably in certain situations, some stages until I was almost turning purple. I struggled through this as I could never could consentrate and felt that people could never take someone seriously if they always acted nervous when they were speaking to me.
Wierd thing for about 3 years I always assumed that I was by myself and managed to work around it, even trying laughing it off even though it was eating me up inside. Which worked a little as I could handle some social situations, but all this time I knew that it was builiding up inside and I often had random outburst of rage with my family, friends and especially myself.
I decided that I needed to tackle this head on, and put myself in a situation where I would have to put myself out there, so I applyd for a visa to work abroad in Canada......
Wieredly enough, just me applying for the visa gave me a huge boast of confidence, as rather than asking the usual questions like 'whats the problem with me' I felt that I was doing something to change myself for the better. I took this new confidence out to Canada, and whenever I felt that people would 'judge' me negatively I just kept saying that I will never see them again in my life, so why should I care?!
Now that I am back home, its like I have a new outlook on life, and whenever I feel like there is a situation where I am overwhealmed, I think back on the courage it took for me to live in another country, and off course all the great memory's that I have taken back from my 8 month stay
I would very much recomend travelling to any SA suffers, but Im sure there are many other ways of dealing with it. The underling point I wish to make is that confronting the problem will make you stronger, rather than building up worry's in your head until it feels that your sufforcated by the fear
Good luck with whatever path you choose!
