Who here has social anxiety?

[eplebnista]

I gave up and became as much of a hermit as possible. Forums are as close to having meaningful interactions as I can tolerate.

 

[Chunkee]

Kools, hard pack.

 

[SammyJr]

Originally posted by: OCguy
OK maybe some booze. That will help you at parties.

My little brother had an anxiety disorder that he medicated with booze. He isn't around anymore. Booze takes away the anxiety, but at a high price.

The OP needs to avoid booze all together and get into therapy. If it is debilitating, don't fight it on your own.

 

[ViviTheMage]

I do not understand the question :/

You have issues, being in the public?

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora

Originally posted by: Jeff7

And it wasn't until awhile after school that I was really made aware of "friendly ribbing," or whatever you want to call it. For example, guys will say to each other sometimes, "You're such an ass," but it's a joke. I pretty much had no concept of that. In my mind, you'd insult someone if you meant it, and that was it. So I don't know how much of the hell that was Grades 2-12 was a result of that, or because of the fact that my behavior in general was a bit "out there" - I preferred interacting with teachers because I could talk normally to them at my own vocabulary level, without the look of "what the hell are you talking about?" that I'd get from kids my own age.

Even now, I still have trouble differentiating between genuine commentary and sarcasm.

I actually have the same issue and didn't realize it till i was done with college. My anxiety issues made me interpret that as people attacking me so I stayed away from most people. I still have trouble with this now, as do you.

your social anxiety stems from living in the past... as in bumping months old threads.

 

[puqdew]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I do not understand the question :/

You have issues, being in the public?

No but I get nervous.

 

[necine]

Put a dildo on your head and walk around in a very public place. If you can do that you can do anything.

 

[necine]

Put a dildo on your head and walk around in a very public place. If you can do that you can do anything.

 

[bloodugly]

Effexor. take for a couple months. If no good, then just smoke pot. I've gone both routes. Pot is actually better...so yeah, fuck me for saying that guys.