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I just found out I suffer from Social Anxiety Disorder. Anyone else here suffer from this as well?

never heard of it....is it contagious?

I don't think so haha.

But I get panic attacks and all those lovely things in big social situations.

I think that's why they invented alchohol

works for me

i do...its a pain in the ass being a bartender, I feel like an idiot whenever I talk to a new person, I either dont know what to say, and freeze or I babble like a moron. Plus sometimes I get these awful panic attacks where I feel like im dreaming and I cant get out of it.

I had it for 3 or 4 years. Got better a few years ago.
Don't know how I got over it, but if I can anyone else can. I wish you the best.

I do I do!

It's slowly, and I do mean SLOWLY getting better.

I blush A LOT. I blush really easily too. I get sweaty and dizzy and . . . . ah . . .
It sucks.

i used to have that, then i started doing MDMA and it went away.

TQP, atleast now you have a name to give to what you've been feeling. Hopefully that makes it a little less scary. I've never had it, but i've known people that have. Maybe you can speak to a psychologist or counselor?

I probably do, but I won't take any medication for it... All of the commercials i have seen that take care of it have a few drawbacks, biut the moist noticeable one is

Anal Leakage...

I am sorry that would make me even more nervous.

ahh jesus... jeff foxworthy talks about anal leakage in one skit... not cool. (well he makes it funny, but you know... wtf... ew...)

but yeh... *hugssss* dont be sad. thats not allowed. :D

(ps im burning your photoshop cds today yay :D)

i have a very similar form of it called "generalized panic anxiety disorder" or something like that. its not fun to deal with at times but it can be managed thanks to help in the form of therapy and/or meds. im on paxil for it.

how did you find out you had it though?

Non-partisan (by that I mean not funded by any drug company) online test.

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Originally Posted by Kidthorazine

i used to have that, then i started doing MDMA and it went away.

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I used to do MDMA, then me and my friends made a pact never to do it again. Heh.

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Originally Posted by Velvet-Tongue

TQP, atleast now you have a name to give to what you've been feeling. Hopefully that makes it a little less scary. I've never had it, but i've known people that have. Maybe you can speak to a psychologist or counselor?

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I used to hate the idea of a conselor/psychologits, but now I've started to actually want to see one.

I was *forced* to see a counselour. (i cant spell)

and I never want to again.

Even though, it would probably be best for me.

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Originally Posted by Mr Karl

I think that's why they invented alchohol

works for me

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haha yes alchohol works for me as well!

I haven't had a drop of alcohol in me for several weeks now.

i suffer from it terribly. so does rob. I'm fine if it's online and I can make sure that people won't misunderstand me. I havea tendancy to babble incoherantly once i ca nfinally talk to ppl. before i get my mouth open though i look like a gloomy lost puppy and i hang around being creepy. when i get panic attacks the world goes all purple and spinny and it's hard to breathe and think it feels like some one strapped my head to a pole and put an extra band around my chest for hte hell of it.

Mostly I'm jsut anti social.

K

i have anti-social anxiety disorder.... that is, i get panic attacks unless i act like a dick.

...actually i'm a very social friendly sort. i do feel weird, and akward in around new groups, but it wear off pretty quickly.... of course if people start acting like shits, it goes down hill in a hurry. i get mean as hell fast, or i shut people out.