My Social Anxiety.

Should I tell my friends that I have social anxiety?? Whoever else has told their friends about SAD, how did they react?? Please respond.

I feel like crawling into a hole and hiding from the world for a while, Damn you Anxiety! Go fuck up some one elses life Whyy meee

Your so pretty. I have SAD too, I'm in my last year of high school and I think my life is going to be ruined once I finish because I can't get a job.

I suffer from SAD as well and I'm only 17 years old. I feel like I'm being robbed of opportunities to make friends and live life freely. It sucks but I try my best every day. Best of luck to you all who also suffer from this.

@gledalac1979 I wonder if that is why I get this natural high after doing skiing and feel like the life of the party, but the next day it's as if I'm worst off with my social anxiety. I also wonder if the lack of stimulation or adrenaline hobbies in my life has been worstening my social anxiety. I have this urgent need to do some high mountain snow skiing so I can feel good again.

I know the pain and suffering of social anxiety, and all to well. I only wish to project my feelings like you can without mumbing my words or having a voice that sounds like a retard. I lot of my anxiety stems from fear of how my voice sounds and the way I look.

I have the same thing to and i hate it! so your not alone!:)

social anxiety is caused by adrenal fatigue

4:10 was the only moment when it looked like you have social anxiety, other than that you looked and sounded like a perfectly lovely girl the entire time

@nukeum2 SAME HERE BROTHER/SISTER! AND NOW LIFE IS WONDERFUL!

Best of luck to you though and hope you find ways of overcoming it.

then you feel like you can't change and you have to live up to what they think of you, but if you meet new people where you can be together most of the time, like school, it makes you forget about that and lets you have control and feel you can be anyone you want. I am still finding out answers on how to totally get rid of what i have but seems like im also the only one and also know nobody with it too. My aim is to get rid of it completely and live a normal life like everyone else.

was a starting point for a new beginning, where it let me choose to start over in a way and interact with new people. This gave me the courage to reinvent myself and make good first impressions. The hardest step is making that first move like talking to someone new, at first i was stuttering horrible but then i nearly got over it in one day, and after that i made tonns of new friends and some i still know mianly because of that. If you're around people you know or that know what you're like

things too and they lost interest in me and most of the time i feel like its impossible trying to get them back because they've moved on and i havent. Ive seen many people about how it can be treated, but nobody has an answer, i only just found out what i have because i was diagnosed with having asphergers syndrome which was a complete lie, and because of that i just accepted it and never got it treated, but a few years ago, i left school and did a course and i was with new people and that

After that i noticed that even going outside to play games with my friends was becomming more and more challenging and didn't know what was wrong with me and basically didnt do anything at all, and pretty much gave up and became more and more of an unnatural feeling, until i didnt even say a word at all. I basically lost all my friends too, except for one that i've known for years and has stuck by me since and always tries to help me, but i'd start telling my friends why i couldnt do certain

hey jade, i know what you're going through, it sucks, and it's a horrible feeling to go through constantly, and i developed it when i was nearly 15 and have coped with it throughout my teen years. I used to be one of the most socialable kids but a traumatic experience with my teacher basically made me think i was a bad person and therefore made me 'stop acting' and close up and after this i saw socialising as a bad thing and switched to using that energy to improve my grades instead.

i'm dealing with this too. i have been since i was a kid… its hard, but i've gitten better and there is hope

i have the same exact problem! it has turned me into a hermit and i hate it! i have no friends anymore and i wont go to stores by myself. i go to stores but i just wont go alone. ive been in therapy and im currently on medication that makes me sick. i have had 2 suicidal attemps and there are still currently in the back of my mind. ive been going to therapy for a while now and it just doesnt seem to be working. she keeps telling me to breathe and it just doesnt work.

I don't think it's that easy for people who actually have socail anxiety. If it was I wouldnt be where I am right now in my life. You may have had a case of shyness that you eventually got over, which happens to alot of people over time, but socail anxiety is almost an automatic reaction in the brain telling you to run when there is no real apparent danger. It's far from just caring what someone thinks.. good for you for overcoming your fears though.

I had S.A.D. my whole life. But I was never homeschooled though. I was one of thoe girls that liked to blend in and not stand out.

I mean your a pretty girl and you seem cool to me. Im dealing with this as well and im 26.

Have you tried exercise? I've heard it helps with that.

if anyone sees this thing…remove it's teeth

@Bisquack Yes it helps so much to be able to talk to people who can actually relate to what your going through.

I'm not sure if social anxiety is what I got. I am shy and always have been, depressed yes but now I'm getting panic attacks on top of it. I do though happen to have a friend who also has anxiety problems and panic attacks. He kept it a secret for 10 plus years and has been taking medication. He only just told me when I told him about my anxiety problems. So yes it does help having a friend to relate to with the same problem. As it does help to hear on youtube people dealing with it.

Ive lived exactly what happens in this video. I can safely say that THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. Let it come, let it happen, that is the secret. As soon as you let it come, it will go away immediately. Good Video.

pinic attacs is the most horrible thing ive sufered!! there is nothing more pyinfuls tahn panic attacks!

Love the video ! thankx for posting !

WOW! So the secret is to just accept it? To let go? To just release? What the f++k, why not? The aircraft will land, no matter if we have the fear or not!

this helped

this was preety cool! im gonna try it!

nice video thanks

works

Wonderful video. Thank you very much, this has helped me prepare for my next flight.

thanks that really helped, i love flying, im 13 but im going to fly alone for 16 hours these movemnets and relaxashions really helped me. thanks alot

Very true!!! thanks

Usually i put my head between my knees to prevent me panicking. I always tell my self that everything is all right and when i feel bettter i read a book or do
something to take my mind off flying.

Excellent Video to help you cope with anxiety!