I have terrible social anxiety please help?
ByI can’t answer the door
I can’t answer the phone
I can’t look people in the eye without blushing :X
I never know what to say to people
I avoid people in general
I’m 24 years old and my life is going nowhere.
Don’t worry, you may think it’s too late for you because your 24 but your still a youngster and have plenty of time. You just have to remember and keep this in the back of your head that everyone makes mistakes and fails. You don’t like the encounters with people because you are afraid of how they will see you or judge you. Don’t worry about what others think. In all honesty everyone goes through this time in life and it ends once they finally realize that what others think doesn’t matter and they are not afraid of being judged anymore.
Once you have a consistent mindset that it doesn’t matter what people think of you, you will be able to just talk to people without even thinking about it. Trust me, even if someone has negative opinions about you, it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t. I watched alot of reality TV shows with the out going people and alot of them are screw ups not to be mean and make fools of themselves daily, but the thing is that it doesn’t matter to them, they aren’t afraid of being judged and it doesn’t hinder how they act. Trust me just think about this.
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April 30th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Don’t worry, you may think it’s too late for you because your 24 but your still a youngster and have plenty of time. You just have to remember and keep this in the back of your head that everyone makes mistakes and fails. You don’t like the encounters with people because you are afraid of how they will see you or judge you. Don’t worry about what others think. In all honesty everyone goes through this time in life and it ends once they finally realize that what others think doesn’t matter and they are not afraid of being judged anymore.
Once you have a consistent mindset that it doesn’t matter what people think of you, you will be able to just talk to people without even thinking about it. Trust me, even if someone has negative opinions about you, it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t. I watched alot of reality TV shows with the out going people and alot of them are screw ups not to be mean and make fools of themselves daily, but the thing is that it doesn’t matter to them, they aren’t afraid of being judged and it doesn’t hinder how they act. Trust me just think about this.
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April 30th, 2010 at 8:02 am
Take a personality disorder test, seriously.
If you have a personailty disorder like, maybe anti-social, there are treatments!
There are social groups you could go too, with people who have the same problem.
I was at this point in my life a couple months ago, and I’m only 14 years old. I now don’t care what other people think of me as. I taught myself a bunch of things about life. I bought self help books, I wrote in a diary, and I thought and thought as hard as I could about who I really was. And I found myself.
If you’re afraid to go to the groups, keep a diary and dig deep into your soul, and you’ll find yourself.
GOOD LUCK <33
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April 30th, 2010 at 8:08 am
I’m sure you have a depression. Social anxiety is just one of the many symptoms of depression. You probably have the other symptoms too.
You should either see a psychiatrist or read about depression on the internet and find out what you can do about it yourself. Here’s a link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_depressive_disorder
Good luck to you
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