People make me sad

I just asked this question on Yahoo Answers about flirting advice and I said that I have Social Anxiety Disorder and it makes it extremely hard for me to talk with guys and this jerk was like "So you have SAD? consider getting GLAD." I know its stupid but it made me feel bad.

I know what that's like. I'm on this one site & wrote something about having SAD & how severe it is & this person told me to "get over it & stop thinking only of myself". That's only one of the negative comments I've gotten. People are stupid. They have their lives, with no problems socializing with people... & love being a**es to others because of it. People can really suck sometimes.

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[I just asked this question on Yahoo Answers about flirting advice and I said that I have Social Anxiety Disorder and it makes it extremely hard for me to talk with guys and this jerk was like "So you have SAD? consider getting GLAD." I know its stupid but it made me feel bad.]

Yeah people can be really insensitive when they don't understand. I tried talking to my parents a couple of years ago and they told me to "snap out of it" and yelled at me saying that i should be more like my cousins. Then my Dad told me that I was lying and that I was just trying to make him and my mum feel bad. Since then, i've kinda tried putting on a happy face when i'm around them, but most of the time I just stay in my room and lock the door cause i'm scared they'll see me crying or see that i'm going on websites about SAD and yell at me.

I wish i could give you an answer to your question but i'm going through similar things. When I think about the prospect of talking to someone I get scared that they'll be disgusted that i'm talking to them, or they'll say something really hurtful. Ive missed so many classes at school because I keep pushing people away and now I don't know how to start talking to people. So I sit by myself and people probably think i'm arrogant, but I hate myself so much and I don't want to make anyone else sad like me.

Sorry i've rambled on a bit 8O I hope at least 1 person gave you a useful answer on yahoo. [/quote]

You won't find much sympathy on the internet. On this site and others like it you will. With contacts you've known a while you might. On most places you are likely to find the "13yr old kiddie" internet dweller who uses leetspeak and insults anyone he can because he just found out that on the internet he can say whatever he wants with no consequence to himself.

I haven't mentioned the depths of my issues to anyone, even on the internet, until I found this website. My parents suspected and sent me to a psychologist, but I hated him and it was horrible and he still didn't know jack and once I got comfortable I just pretended I was normal and he thought he cured me or something. I'm very wary of 'getting help' now because of the experience.

This website is great, though. It reminds me of the old saying: It takes one to know one. I feel like I know you people. I know you as I know myself. This site comes off as people just complaining about their problems, but to me I feel your pain.

Never tell a non social anxiety sufferer about your problems unless its family or a best friend. (or a councillor obviously)

Although there can still be a few people that can have a go at you for it, even if you trusted them!