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This seems like the case. It's not lamenting, just fact. At this age, there's no going back, I don't think. Oh well.

Has anyone here been able to get a waiver for a college level speech class? I think I'm going to need one if I'm ever going to get my degree.

Just feeling like being around people is pointless anymore, and the agitation and anxiety are always there, socializing never brings rewards, so why bother? I'm too limited in what I'm willing to do, noticeably insecure. It all seems like a dead end. Sorry, meant "would rather not be around...

Sometimes, before I leave the house, I think to myself "it's possible I'm a good looking guy" or whatever, and then when I'm out and about women will look at me. Without a rational basis, I'll start conjuring up negative reasons for them looking at me, like I have a deformity or something. Does...

I sit in the house for 98% of the day, do some chores, play video games, surf the web, exercise. It's all very unfulfilling I remember my father said to me "you're going to be fifty and you'll want to join life, but by then it'll be too late." That statement keeps haunting me, but I can't...

Been going to work for several days now, and I get the impression that everyone at work thinks I am strange, or something. I'm thinking of waiting for my first paycheck to roll around, then quitting. If I get this impression, it is mostly justified, right? The guy who went out of his way to...

Thinking about this quite a bit lately, though I'm not saying that this applies to everyone with anxiety. Thoughts?

Had to do some training today for work, but I don't think that I grasp on to things as quickly as a regular person would. I'm sort of concerned over this because I can't count on my flagging social skills to compensate for any incompetence I have. I'd say I'm plagued my recurring memory issues.

Orientation is in less than three hours, I'm not sure how I will handle it.

Just got a summons for jury duty, is there any way out of it? I'd call my psychologist, but I'm not sure if I would need an appointment first since I haven't seen him in a while.

I've been thinking about suicide quite a bit lately, if done right it's such an easy solution to my problems. For some reason, guilt stops me, but I'd much rather be done with life than endure it. I have extreme anxiety most people (even those with moderate anxiety) can't understand. Besides...

And by "problems" I mean, nearly completely avoiding interacting with people so as to extremely minimize your chances of getting a job? I have a bank account cushioned with money piled up from student loans to keep me financially secure for a while, but I don't want to continue that path in the...

After I quit my job, I also severed pretty much all social connections with people that weren't immediate relatives. Is this typical for the SAer? I think my case is pretty extreme, but I'm not sure.

I would very much appreciate this feature, but I know that's maybe not realistic with active threads that have thousands of replies. The ability to delete old threads with few replies (the latter might not be relevant) could be a better way of putting it.

Patton Oswalt - "To Be Loved & Understood" - YouTube So, one of my favorite comedians, Patton Oswalt, was featured in a special. It's not very long, close to 11 minutes, but after it I saw him as more than just a comedian. He seems depressed, lonely, obsessive (which implies some anxiousness...

That's probably an odd question, but after being depressed and anxious for several years now, my brain feels like it can't handle even the simplest of tasks. It feels loosely connected, and just completely inefficient, like I've lost 98% of my brain power. Does anyone else feel this way as a...

Well, I do, maybe the topics I create aren't that interesting. I'm wondering if anyone else has ruminated over the same, and it's something I think about because much of my social life is based off of internet forums. Thoughts?

Well, I will be 28 soon, and I wonder how I am going to combat dating/sexual inexperience at my age. Supposedly, I'm an attractive guy (who knows?), but I'm too fearful to approach women and talk to them. Any suggestions? Gah, I'll probably end up alone stroking my...beard (I might have to...

Well, do you?

I've had this happen recently, but for years as well, where I get "snagged" by certain sentences and can't comprehend them to save my soul. What's weird is, I'm primarily a verbal learner, as I have been officially tested (multiple times) as being so in that particular area. As an example of...