Blush & Twitch

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I am a 25 year old female. I have always been shy, though since the
last couple of years, I get extremely agitated if I am the center of
attention. I am a student and find it difficult to talk in my class.
I lost a parent a couple of years back and since then I seem to have
panic attacks when the spotlight is on me. I have been pretty
outgoing and on the inside I still am, but when there are even 3 or 4
people in the group, I panic when they look at me. Maybe I could
control it if it was just panic, but I get physical symptoms like
twitching of my eyes, which I just cannot avoid.
I have been trying to fight this symptom, but I havent been able to
do it and id is very frustrating. I feel that if it was palpitation,
sweating etc, it is not totally visible to the other people, but the
twitching is so obvious, that I almost always get up run away to
compose myself. It is so embarassing.
PLEASE HELP. I dont know what to do about it and I dont know who to
talk to. I feel it is all hopeless. I will never be able to get a job
and go to work. I will never be able to live a normal life

 

[Anonymous]

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I'm 24 and feel exactly the same feelings of hopelessness. I am also unemployed and find it hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel. All we can do is follow the recognised doctor > medication > therapist route because that's all there is.
Its really no comfort, infact it's a bad thing to know, but lots more people are living with this.
Try your hardest to get into see a therapist and get the ball rolling.
You don't deserve to live with this !!
Dont be hard on yourself, this "bad patch" will pass.
I truly hope you get better soon.

 

[wacomtablet]

hello skipper

i empathise with many of the things you've said.
social anxiety does not get easier with age. life does not become more hopeful. it becomes more pointless and hopeless, if you do not do something about this disorder. do not sentence yourself to this kind of 'life'. please do what you can to address the social anxiety. avoidance strategies and living in constant fear and agitation will never fulfill you. i hope the promise of something potentially better is enough to prompt you into action. terrifying as it is, you just never know what the dividends of seeing a specialist trained in anxiety disorders can do to allow you to live and not merely exist.
the eye twitching is a horrible thing. we spend our lives wishing to be unnoticed, and we are blessed with this which calls attention. i will my eye to not twitch or to stop twitching when having to speak with someone but it carries on regardless. one of those ironies of fate.

take care.

 

[angiepangie]

I get the eye twitch and this horendus feeling comes over my body like im goin to have a fit.My neck feels like its goin to jolt off when im in groups.Iwas havin my legs waxed and leg actually flinched. its awfull but be strong your not alone. xxxxx