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I feel really embarrassed to say this but I am 20 years old and have never had a job. Everything about getting a job scares me...applying, the interview, getting the actual job! It just seems like such a big step, such a new experience...you have to talk to new people everyday, learn how to do...

Hey everyone, Well I finally went to my doctor last week to prescribe me some medication for my anxiety. I'm starting on 5mg of Celexa, which will increase to 10mg on friday. The thing is...my sister just bought this book called The Mood Cure by Julia Ross. (The Mood Cure) It talks about...

How do you deal with the feelings after instances where your social anxiety made you look like a complete fool? Especially when you have to face those same people again? I try to shrug it off and act like it's no big deal, which works for a little while but then those bad feelings come back...

Hey everyone, I am so completely fed up with my social anxiety that I've decided to give therapy another try. My first therapist didn't help me much at all, but to be honest I wasn't entirely truthful with her because I was so nervous inside and ashamed of the way I was. I want to give therapy...

Anybody else have a fear of talking on the phone? It usually takes me about 10 minutes to work up the courage to call someone to make a hair appointment or something incredibly mundane like that. And when I finally call, I'm a shakey, mumbling mess and want to hang up. The problem is that 1.I'm...

I thought I had for the most part "cured" my SA. Today I realized I wasn't when I had to call the pet groomers to get my dog an appointment. My mom usually calls, but sometimes I have to do it, and for some reason I always get EXTREMELY nervous. It was terrible, and she could barely understand...