I'm 26 and I developed Anxiety attacks about 3-1/2 years ago, not sure why, I know they run in my family though. I've been really good though a had a few big whoppers when I started getting them where I though a mack truck had just run me over, I couldn't breathe, catch my breath, and my skin was going to ooze off my body. Went for a few years without any big one's just little ones that I was able to breathe and talk my way out.
Recently within the last two weeks I've had about 4. for no particular reason, honestly, I have no phobias but I'm afraid that if this continues I will start having some. And the attacks are alot different then they used to be, they just come on out of left field and I start sweating, my face gets hot, I can't breathe, my skin begins to crawl, and I just get that doom like I'm going to die or else I'm going crazy.
I have meds to take but if I could just find something else and not have to take the meds I think it would be better for me......
My name is Ricardo, Im 18 and i have had social phobia for......well i don't really know when it started, I just know that wen i was a kid it wasn't like this . But I just thougt it was my personality or something I don't know, it wasn't until a month ago that I realized that i was a phobic and not just shy.
Im David and I live in Derbyshire. I identified that I had SA approx 5 years ago, when I joined a local SA group which really helped me alot initially. For various reasons the group dipersed and the organisation lapsed which was a real shame.
Since that time I have been active on a couple of SA forums which have since gone quiet because they were only small local sites which depended on regular postings. I often feel isolated and miss the interaction you get on the forum, plus a chance to make online friends
Joined: May 08, 2008 Posts: 12 Location: san francisco
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:28 am Post subject:
hi guys
I'm New. I think I might have Social Phobia. Noticed the problem about a year ago when I finally graduated from college and I had no friends or contacts. I'm 25 and I have no real relationships. Anyway I'm pretty sure I have it and I hope to get to know all of you.
Joined: May 13, 2008 Posts: 34 Location: bolton, ont.
Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:10 am Post subject:
hey,
I'm a 16 year old guy and i live in bolton, ontario. i've had pretty bad SA for as long as i can remember. It's been getting pretty bad lately; last time i went out with "friends" was like 4 years ago ...oh well. I just hope i can get to know some people here, that way i might not feel so lonely inside...
...dammit, now i'm paranoid someone will recognize me.
I just joined today. I am a 17-year-old girl, and I've had SA ever since I can remember, but I was formally diagnosed with it a few months ago. I do home schooling, so I am alone by myself most of the time. I have no friends left because no one really understood what I was going through, so I was happy that I found this place. I live in the USA...in the Midwest. I'm trying really hard to overcome SA, but it hasn't been working the way I planned.
Joined: Mar 03, 2004 Posts: 209 Location: Australia
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 3:25 am Post subject:
Could I, as a member of SPW welcome you all. It's a crazy thing this SA. Apparently it affects about 7% of the population. I thought I was all alone about who I was and the way I was thinking. It turns out that we"re not alone. We all kinda think the same way.... Furthermore I would like to say that it's a lot more than simple shyness. I think all you guys and girls are just brave to make that first step.... It's not that easy. Ok. Hope to talk to you soon...
My name is Erin. Like many of you here, I’ve always been social phobic, and I used to think that I was the only one in this world who’s afraid to talk to people.
When I was little, I was often teased, laughed at, and sometimes bullied by children my age. At home, I was often criticized by my mother. Life was like hell both school and at home.
Things got better in my high school years. The worst it could get was when some students asked me why I was so quiet. Many people were nice to me, so I gradually became less timid. But I was and still am very shy. I talk to people only when they ask me and when I really need to talk to them. The only people who I've always talked normally to are my family members.
I made the first step to overcome social anxiety disorder when I ordered the audio therapy series at http://www.socialanxietyinstitute.org/audioseries.html two days ago. These therapy sessions will be delivered to my door this Friday. I'm so excited to get started!
Joined: May 26, 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Cape Town
Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 7:15 am Post subject: hello
hi my name is Tanya, im a 24 year old woman living in Cape Town South Africa. im glad i found this forum, i hope to make new friends here. have a nice day
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