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Just curious to see what situations really set off everybody's SA.
The worst anxiety I feel is when:
- Anticipatory anxiety when I know I have presentation coming up.
- The actual day/minutes before the presentation
- Ugh, those short little introductions on the first day of class. Thank god I'm done with school!
-Going out to a bar/club with my guy friends because it's expected that I make an attempt to pick up girls. I think I would be a lot more comfortable if they would just turn down the fu*&in' music a tad so I could actually hear people! When I did have a girlfriend and we went out to these places I was fine because I could just relax and have a good time. The pressure was off because it wasn't expected of me to go around aimlessly drunk and make small talk with these girls I don't even know and can't understand because Britney is yelling about how all the boys want to seek Amy.
- Having to call someone I don't know about a topic that's hard to explain. I'm sitting there for half hour trying to think of how I'm going to word this so I don't sound like a jackass.
-Initiating small talk. If someone starts talking to me I'm fine but I can't honestly remember ever striking up a convo with a stranger.
I think that's about it. I feel my SA has been getting a lot better recently. I've been taking a synergistic approach: CBT, exercise, medication: beta-blockers for presentations/meetings (helped immensely), and BuSpar for anxiety (actually is helping me quite a bit despite all the bad press), and finally forcing myself to get out there and stop this avoidance behavior.
I don't really have any issues with:
- Eating in public
- Public bathrooms. Sometimes it's hard to start when it's really quiet and there's some tall dude right next to you but I'm always able to start. No problem checking myself out in the public mirror either.
- Driving, although I rarely use my horn.
- Haircuts
- People in authority
The worst anxiety I feel is when:
- Anticipatory anxiety when I know I have presentation coming up.
- The actual day/minutes before the presentation
- Ugh, those short little introductions on the first day of class. Thank god I'm done with school!
-Going out to a bar/club with my guy friends because it's expected that I make an attempt to pick up girls. I think I would be a lot more comfortable if they would just turn down the fu*&in' music a tad so I could actually hear people! When I did have a girlfriend and we went out to these places I was fine because I could just relax and have a good time. The pressure was off because it wasn't expected of me to go around aimlessly drunk and make small talk with these girls I don't even know and can't understand because Britney is yelling about how all the boys want to seek Amy.
- Having to call someone I don't know about a topic that's hard to explain. I'm sitting there for half hour trying to think of how I'm going to word this so I don't sound like a jackass.
-Initiating small talk. If someone starts talking to me I'm fine but I can't honestly remember ever striking up a convo with a stranger.
I think that's about it. I feel my SA has been getting a lot better recently. I've been taking a synergistic approach: CBT, exercise, medication: beta-blockers for presentations/meetings (helped immensely), and BuSpar for anxiety (actually is helping me quite a bit despite all the bad press), and finally forcing myself to get out there and stop this avoidance behavior.
I don't really have any issues with:
- Eating in public
- Public bathrooms. Sometimes it's hard to start when it's really quiet and there's some tall dude right next to you but I'm always able to start. No problem checking myself out in the public mirror either.
- Driving, although I rarely use my horn.
- Haircuts
- People in authority