Social Anxiety Related Problems from www.sociallypositive.com

[WulfBand]

I have come to the conclusion that SAD has been chemically imposed on innocent people globally & used as a weapon against the people so we won't interact socially.

Their is a group of Psychopathic Globalist seeking Global Domination who are willing to do anything to promote global Eugenics.

Incidentally drugs do NOT have to be taken orally. Chemicals can be absorbed via the skin, example: our clothes, sheets, laundry detergent, soap, toothpaste etc, & if toxic enough can cause serious problems.

[TheAgol07]

well i kinda want to kill a guy caused all the problems to me because i know i suffer ONLY BECAUSE OF HIM

[Geneticfitness]

It looks like your reading everything that you'r saying.

[TheDenis2000]

I wish I could speak your language fully to help you, and to describe my situation

[XXXXxxDougxx]

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[SuperBeherenow]

I have some of these symptoms, but the thing is, the more you talk about it, the

worse you feel. Therefore, all I do is ride an exercise bike to release my nervous

tension. It's better than dwelling on your symptoms. You have to take action.

[ktcsca]

sorry if this question is stupid... but the excessive hair pulling... does it count if you use tweezers for ur eyeybrows? constantly? but not pull it with ur hands...

[ktcsca]

what do you mean when you say 'procrastination' ?

[TheDowntown86]

uncontrollable overeating/binge eating disorder, depression, procrastination, can't catch my breath.

[psychodynamics1]

Hi All, Just wanted to let you know about a book I read about 18 months ago.

Potatoes not Prozac by Dr Kathleen DesMaison

It informs you about how to balance our bodies bio-chemistry with food, by altering our food we alter the chemicals in the brain, which I believe has helped ease my social anxiety and other thoughts and traits.

[janabel23]

you are gorgeous, believe that,, and you can make it through :)

im aussie too :)

xxmwaa

[Dweepnes]

Depression - yes

Alcohol/drugs - since i dont really have friends so havent even started using them

Anorexia - kind a

Binge eating disorder, or uncontrollable overeating, or any other eating disorder-

usually i eat once/day or two

Not being able to breathe - yes

Procrastination - yes

Thoughts of suicide - yes

most obivious(for me) is that my hands/shoulders are shaking when i am atleast bit nervious/anxious

[lilvjdude]

Wow, you're a 20 year ols businesswoman with social anxiety??? That is amazing.

For me, the best cure is to stop thinking and researchign social anxiety. It reinforces the problem. Thinking positive is the best thing you can do for yourself

[Hanatbh]

depression, screaming uncontrolably, not being able to breathe, self harm, constant tearyness, thoughts of suicide, attempted suicide, compulsive hair plucking.

i tick those boxes.

[pmarjani]

i was addicted to cigarette and alcohol.but i quit both of them.you know how?

i realized i am addicted and after that i started to quit.at first it is necessary to understand that you are addicted.dont say some bullshits like"i drink sometimes a lot" or "all people drink.am i addicted?".

try to understand you are addicted.after that you definitely try to quit.because you dont want to be called an "addict"

[brogan4life]

Stop being anxious. Get over yourself. We are all ants on a log.

[thedon4203333333]

I think smoking marijuana constantly caused my anxiety to blossom. It was never that bad.

[favm360]

The best thing for anxiety (at least what worked for me) is going out more often and doing the things that make you the most anxious. So that you;ll get use to them and will no longer be anxious about it. Also, find real friends, the kind that will be there with you no matter what but that will also tell you when are wrong.

[awarenessis]

Could you send me a reading list via aol?

[karioka2]

I just realised that i have most of the ones u mentioned, is horrible. I will start getting help cause I am on my own at the moment

[Miamouse1234]

I have had, Depression, Alcohol abuse, drug taking, an eating disorder, self-harm, panic attacks, i have Selective Mutism and have considered suicide. And i'm only 14. If anyone wants to talk to me then feel free, i may only be 14 but i know what your going though.

[SoraInuyashaAsh]

I was like OMG when I saw your eye brows

but yeah me its

Self injury not able to breath when I talk crying thoughts and attempted suicide and eating allot and isolation

[passdedutch]

i feel like i am alone i have social anxiety and for some reason i am the only one in my family like this other then my father but he has passed away i have no one who understands me everybody thinks i am a bitch or i am really weird , they call me the girl that never talks , they just always judge me , i have quit school and the pain and fear from how i feel makes me have no energy i feel like it is impossible to get over this i have been like this since i can remember. :(

[sirano84]

@bltnight07  why are all girls with SAD so cute and hot at the same time ??

[0hop]

Depression,uncontrollable overeating,panic attacks,BIG on Procrastination and i over think to the point that i get mad at myself and hit myself

[TWAADE19]

You need a boyfriend bad.

[121Guns]

You think too much.

[fmjjoker2]

maybe you can get a doll or something and pull its hair out instead of your own. Maybe you can pop some bubble wrap. I dont know you but I hate to see you do this to yourself. You are incredibly cute and I hope you keep it that way!

[DARKTID3]

I think I have a mild case - I sometimes feel very depressed and cry uncontrollably I also find it difficult to speak sometimes - I find it really inspirational that you would make a video like this - so thankyou :)

[vasant85]

i dont drink or smoke, and i`m a pure vegetarian but suffering from a worst case of SAD . i feel suicidal daily, so low of myself and something like collapsing under my own gravity and just too ashamed of my state. sometimes i feel that alcoholism, smoking and turning into a meat-eater might be the only solution to this problem.. but have no idea really :(.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

hey there, makes me so upset to see you like this :( I just wanted everyone to see that they so are not alone, just look down the page. But none of these problems are permanent, they are only temporary, and keep going and things will change and get better. Keep watching videos/ reading books/ talking to caring people etc about how to overcome these issues & one day not too far from now or even really soon you'll look back and be so happy you're in a better place! *HUGS*

[vice2vursa]

@NoSocialAnxiety seems like it got worse for me. when I was younger, I was much more outgoing then as the years went by, I got more an more uncomfortable around folk.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

I was diagnosed with Severe Social Anxiety Disorder so if I can get better (and I have been) You Can Too & I won't stop sharing and helping everyone!

[SoraInuyashaAsh]

@NoSocialAnxiety and depression and I couldnt talk to no one and procastination

[uninsomnia89]

hey Im vegetarian too,for 6 months now,

but my SAD has always been there and didnt got worse when I became vegetarian, eating meat doesnt have anything to do with SAD

[4evaAShygurl]

aww *hugs* it makes me sad to see that ur upset :/

I added u as a friend

[GravDiga]

@vasant85 umm thats not good after i gave up meat i felt healthier so i suggest you dont eat meat lol..

also drugs(weed cigs and alcohol..) made my depression like 200% worse.. i suggest u get that idea out of your head too ...missy or mister..

it is merely something that has to be endured... it took me a decade to wake up from this brain malfunction... and i really believe its all in your head..therefore it can be overcome.

just hang in there and look on the bright side, lol?..it might it help

[Tommydudez]

yeah know how u feel.i have started to feel like u did since a couple of months back i think. it started to gradually creep into my nervous system and now i am experiencing the full flown of it. i dun know how to snap it out.

[vice2vursa]

@vasant85 same with me man, I yern to see what i'll be like drunk or high on exctacy or somethin. this shit really pisses me off.

[dodge09challenger]

Yes I have alcoholism, depression, daily suicidal thoughts and I obsessively collect things, plus a few other addictions.

[Lovaelihn]

Me too!  Trust me it gets better. Just look around on you toobl

[Elemarth]

depression, procrastination, thoughts of suicide, and possibly trichotillomania (but not because of social anxiety).

[kpchawaii]

Unfortunately, I've definitley masked my anxiety through alcohol, and occasional drug use over the years. Not all the time, but alot of times when I am feeling down in social situations, like parties and what not, I'll just keep drinking untill it's not bothering me anymore. Alcohol is a temporary cure, but definitley not a technique I'd reccomend.

[ImWalkingAfterYou]

Depression, Constant Crying, Thoughts of Suicide, Procrastination

[lovethewiccan3fl]

Depression, drugs, SI, SM, Thoughts of suicide. :-/

[bloodbuddy7]

eating disorder and depression. Suicidal thoughts also. I think they stemmed from SAD.

[igykalen]

You confuse Social Anxiety with Social Anxiety Disorder. SA is normal, SAD is not. You may not understand why an anorexic still sees fat when they look in a mirror, but it's not something you could just get over.

Imagine a blind person thru a medical procedure is able to see for the first time ever. They can trace a circle out with their finger and yet a second later will not be able to tell which is a circle or square. Many will never be able to recognize a person's face as well as you could.

[igykalen]

Well then tell a person with down syndrome to get over it. I'm sure their parents will thank you dearly for that remedy they've missed for so long.

It's been long known that SA runs in families and for most is genetic. This coupled with issues you would normally face in real life makes it incredible difficult to just get over it.

[GravDiga]

nah thats just playing the victim.. your being negative and blowing the problem out of proportion, we all have the ability to control our minds therefore we can correct the mistakes in them..

you just dont want to acknowledge the problem is in your mind and it can be fixed..

but i guess its up to you to discover that..eventually.

[igykalen]

"we all have the ability to control our minds therefore we can correct the mistakes in them.. "

Sorry, but I'm not stupid and have a working understanding of how the brain works. And I DO NOT believe that the mind and brain are two different things.

When you can tell a mentally challenged person to just fix themselves thru will, then I will side with your understanding of the universe. Till then, I'll stay in reality.

[igykalen]

Allows me to make this simple. Your brain is made of neurons in a fixed location at any one time. You CANNOT think them to rearrange themselves at will any more than thought will allow you to heal a cut on your arm.

Thru time and patience alone can you slowly 'change your mind'.

Maybe I'm wrong, but you sound as if you could just *decide* to change your favorite color at will for example.

The mind is NOT so easily malleable like you would believe.

[GravDiga]

maybe it is... normal is a term it is only what you were taught or chose to believe.

[igykalen]

Normal, average, typical, standard, common; call it what you will.You may not like the word normal, as in the phrase "What is normal, anyway?", but it does have a definition.

And not too many people strive to be normal just for the sake of being normal. I only would like to be able to go into a public restroom and be relaxed enough to go when someone else is in the room. I don't think that's asking too much. And that's just one of a million things I have to deal with on a regular basis.

[GravDiga]

/watch?v=wcWnud1AtEE

[igykalen]

Is that vid for you? As you have absolutely no reason to be here since you DON'T want to hear this.

[Tejinu]

I have to say you look so pretty, like Arwen from The Lord of The Rings ^^

[hazardous1990]

your so cute

[ke812]

Depression, alcohol, panic attacks, selective mutism, and definitely procrastination. Depression just seems to come directly with SA. I'd be surprised if someone with SA could tell me they weren't depressed. It takes a very important part of your every day life away from you. Also @ GravDiga, this disorder really has nothing to do with people being jerks. It's not a simple shyness. It's a mental illness. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain that causes intense anxiety whenever in social acts.

[GravDiga]

1 more thing u have to confront your fears..your not weak..unless you believe you are.. i mashed up my laziness depression guilty aniexty ... insecurities... .. awkwardness... all because i decided to .. deal with it not run from it ..or get passed it i accept it or fight it til i find a way to .. flow through it.. you need to learn to run with the hate,so you can outrun it or stomp it to crap. ( i guess this remains a theory but its how i got passed all the lies) i know who i am. CONFIDENCE.

[Style386]

@GravDiga your lack of sympathy towards people with SAD is caused by your own insecurity. The fact that you are hateful and unsympathetic proves to me that you are unhappy and therefore you did not solve your problems. We are well aware of other peoples suffering but we live in a mental hell that constant abuse at some point in our lives has created for us. You aren't confident, no confident person is ever hateful or looks down on others' suffering of any kind. Hate is a sure sign of misery.

[GravDiga]

lol you're a idiot.. you think you can psycho analyze me?

you have no idea what i've been through and how i got through it.

that is the fact... i am living proof that people can overcome fear and hatred and paranoid feelings..and abuse.

agression is not the same thing as hate, im assertive read a dictionary to find facts..and stop making up stuff, which you choose to believe is true.

in my opinion you're all acting like babies and crying for attention when you need to just live with it or use it

[Style386]

@GravDiga look within yourself and figure out why you are so full of hate and anger. If you were confident you would not try to prove yourself to me by bragging that you overcame your fear and that i have no idea what you've been through. You are right i don't know, just like you don't know what we've been through. You are not assertive you are aggressive like you said, the first 4 words you responded with proves it. Aggression is a sure sign of insecurity.

[igykalen]

I take it you have little to no experience with other types of people?

Can you explain why you're a hate filled asshole?

I don't need a dictionary. I just have to read.

As for your view on how physical problem are worst then mental ones-- If given the choice between losing both my hands or going back to the 'imagine' depression I was actually feeling, I would sooner lose the hands.

[igykalen]

Oddly enough, as my life is, I would tell people with physical problems to deal with it. Just be glad they don't have mental problems. You just don't know what it's like. You only think you had it the worst apparently.

THAT is the real world.

[GravDiga]

i hope you do loose your hands for a while.. i know a man with 1 hand and he does more daily then i do... so i have to admit im a bit lazy but you cry babies will never admit you'rejust playing the fool instead of standing up and solving your problems that's my problem with the whiner people here... you have never seen suffering.. you have never died of dragging a 2 ton block with like 4 other people at the age of 29.. you don't know shit if you don't know history.

read 400BC to 1800AD So i lol

[NoSocialAnxiety]

Do You think people with Social Anxiety are playing the fool, just pretending to have problems? I recommend you find out more about social anxiety. I think it is pretty horrible that you hope someone loses their hands. Aren't you not whining right now? 'Whining' or what I would call venting, may be an important part to emotional health, as is improving yourself and overcoming problems.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

I wouldn't know the suffering others have been through, throughout history. However I do know that there is suffering in Social Anxiety, enough that some people cut themselves, or think about, or attempt suicide because of it. And to me, no suffering is ok, and the people with S.A deserve to be free of suffering, like all people. I hope you & some others here have more care & understanding for eachother that'd be cool ^ ^

[Style386]

Grow a pair of balls you coward. You are arguing with people who have often suffered physical, mental or sexual abuse. We are not whining we are trying to help each other to think rationally. You come here and brag about yourself and claiming that you know what suffering is. Again only cowards talk like you, believe me i was raised by one. He only dared to hit and put down women and children and behind closed doors. You only dare to put down those who are hurting and over the internet.

[PonDeAttack]

@GravDiga I used to think that way and i told people to stop whining and think about people with "real problems" that was until i became depressed myself, theres no secret switch to overcome these things only time and determination helps

[GravDiga]

@PonDeAttack ..hmm well, i respect your points and i do think you are onto something...but from getting passed it.. i believe it is all in your brain and you can switch it off... if you figure out how to do it

I didnt tell people to just get over it... until i realized that it could be endured..

but i dont know how you came to your conclusion ..if you said it out of ignorance or out of experience... but when i thought about people with real problems it only got worse for me lol it made me cut..

[igykalen]

Your argument is dead on. You don't know what I've been through. So while you may think that your mental state is exactly the same as all others, I've learn that is not true.

If your physical state were the end all be all of human problems, people staving to death would have more reason to kill themselves than someone who just got out of a bad relationship. Yet reality suggest otherwise.

And if you hate stupidity, then why do you keep misspelling lose?

[igykalen]

Mental problems may be easier for you. Not for me. I remember being sucker punched one time. I didn't get bother by it at all. Pain is just pain.

It would be a bit more difficult to "get over" a problem I've never NOT had. It would be as easy to learn a foreign language as if just willing the neurons in the right order instantly could do that.

[GravDiga]

well i know i have had such a disorder but doesnt everyone like wtf?... so many ppl act like jerks its pretty natural to feel insecure at 1 point in your life..or say for 10 years... either way just get over it and think about the millions that are starving..

ignorance is only a temporary bliss.. imagine ....if you feel so bad +how do you think some ppl feel when they see their fathers hand get cut off!(in africa and asia of course)

[NoSocialAnxiety]

It it like telling someone in a wheelchair with a broken leg, "Just get over it! Just get up and walk! Think about people in other countries that have to walk with sore legs"

I understand what you're saying, and I know suffering could be a lot worse. But Social Anxiety Disorder is an illness...a mental illness, that takes time and the right techniques to overcome it. Ask any psychologist that specializes in Social Anxiety. It's not something you can just snap out of.

[GravDiga]

i don't know much about your situation and i don't want to pretend i do.. but have you ever tried keeping yourself busy so you don't .. umm do the tics that you have.. like ..making clay structures.. or chewing gum..? we can all control our own minds..or so i believe.

i don't ever choose to be the victim without a way out..that's like condemning yourself isn't it?

''i just don't consider things that could be defined as mental delusions a real sickness''

there is no reason to buy into the fear.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

Distractions are definitely a good idea for helping with S.A. Thanks :)

[Maglobrog]

What is Social Anxiety, is it an alcoholic beverage of sorts?

The girl in this vid has nice eyes, and is not so annoying as others on youtube, kudos 97 stars...as i'm of the young age of 97.

And remember my brothers, one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Knick knack paddy whack, give a dog a bone!

wise words, take them with you.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

Many people may experience social anxiety (worrying about what other people think of you) but this problem becomes so extreme for some people it becomes a mental illness, called Social Anxiety Disorder. People with Social Anxiety are disabled in their life, such as not being able to socialize, work, use the phone etc.

[GravDiga]

i like to scratch myself because the stupidity of the world makes me angry... but thats a whole different subject.. you need confidence i think.. well it helps ppl do what they need to and behave themselves ..or so ive heard lmao :P

great video and i think its like useful for many ppl but its nothing compaired to the real suffering.. those things are minor because we do them example i put everything i hated about me in a bag and mashed the shit out of it for years..now im nearly normal lol.

[DeadPcTv]

Oh man! Do all Australian women look like this? I'm emigrating :p

[dashboarder84]

You are so beautiful - Greetings from Germany

[TheZines]

hi, i have trich...

[LightSlei]

For myself:

Severe Depression

Thoughts of Suicide

Twice Attempted Suicide

Selective Mutism

Extreme Escapism

Procrastination

Not sure if these have anything to do with social anxiety:

Extreme Atychiphobia

Constant fiddling of the fingers

[bamfreak246owns]

for myself

Depression

Thoughts of suicide

selective mutism(really possiable)

Not being able to breathe

Constant teariness and crying

[CountDOODOO]

Because of that Tricho-thingy, is that the reason why you seem to always part your hair like that in many of your videos? I just noticed that.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

If you think I'm fat what would you think about an obese person. You'd die of a heart attack not being able to describe it LOL.

[Lithium102]

-Escapism. (Play video games way too long, watch TV, take very long showers, maybe the drinking, etc.)

Depression when i was younger, but not as bad now.

NOT blushing, which I can't believe no one mentioned so far.

[Lithium102]

Procrastination, (laziness, lack of drive to do anything, etc.)

Constant biting of my cheek, but I don't think it really has anything to do with sa

[VirtuaScott]

for myself;

depression - yes

taking drugs- yes somewhat

eating disorder- yes somewhat

screaming uncontrollably- yes

panic attack - yes

selective mutism - yes alot currently

procrastianation- yes alot currently

trichotilomania - yes here and there

i've dealt with this all my life since young and now at 27 its become worse in the last 5 or so years, my family dont quite understand and its seen that i am 27 and should be able to overcome anything :( no ones ever backed me up either :(

[MrHelloppl]

Hi there,

I had Depression before the Social Anxiety but it made it worse.

Thoughts of and attempted suicide.

Plenty of panic attacks

No mutism, but speaking very quitely.

[shygirl4eva1]

I usually get Depression

Lack of energy

pulpations

i get flustered

suicidal thoughts

constant crying and teariness

Procrastination

trying 2 not eat. i eventually do but yh. i dont have anorexia or bulimia but i do hate my body. i look slim but like... i have extra flab on my stomach and thighs. i pick at it constantly.

and jealousy is a big one too :/

[Jens8310]

Yeah, it's so annoying! Plus I get really embarrased when it happens in public, because I worry that people might notice it.

Sometimes it also happens when I'm anxious around other people and I try to force myself to smile anyway. Very weird :-/

[NARIEKODWOD]

hmmmm let me see....

Depression

panic attacks

selective mutism

Procrastination.....

not to mention the complete lack of energy and I wake up every day feeling like i'm hungover..

[Bluesage2009]

all things change, wear and age. Nothing is ever able to be maintained. I guess in short there is never surity in life... If you can learn to be comfortable with the unkowningness of life... it may help release that need.

[88ran08]

I'm nortorious for locking myself away in my bedroom and keeping to myself, I like the quiet and need to be in control of myself and my surroundings and that means isolating myself from the outside world, which I have done all my life. I can't see a way out unless I have intervention, I'm wasting away and I feel hopeless about my future.

[Bluesage2009]

this sounds like me. Ive spent over a decade almost, of time alone. I used to structure my life around my PC. This doesn't work anymore more. It also took me a long time to relise that control, is perfectism in disguise... it is OK for things to be messy.. it does not reflect on you. Of course maintaining a clean enviroment is a good thing, but that feeling of control, is illusionary. control or surity over our immediate enviroment, feels secure, but it actually robs you of security........as

[jlt1984]

MMmmm. I dont see my actuall text response on here... Oh welll, I will wiat a bit longer and then maybe write (for the third time). tl

[ClockworkSublime]

Depression

Lack of energy or inspiration

Low Vocal expression and volume

Trembling

Head aches

Paranoia

Alcohol abuse

Suicidal thoughts

Even without some of your right brow you still look good ^ ^

[Nieccie]

-Depression -OverEating and Undereating -Crying -Thoughts of Suicide -Procrastination Not listed: -I get horrible bodyaches -I'll not talk and just walk away (not really selective mutism though) -I'll talk but not loud enough for someone to hear me -Staying in my room all the time except to use the bathroom or get food or something. -Trying to say something but no words come out.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

Wow this sounds similar to me, everything except the bodyaches, I know what it's like to stay in your room where it's really hard to just leave your bedroom...Hugs!

[NewbtasticGaming]

have got all that, even the non listed ones, and throw to that headaches.

[clarinet4evristutter]

procrastination, constant sadness during certain periods of the day, selective mutism, I can talk I just feel like I can't talk when I am going to, like my voice is gone or something. [=

[thorkyll]

Another great video, thankyou :) I may get the courage to make some videos, although I'll have to create a seperate account for it cuz some girls from my work sometimes nose at my youtube channel, lol.

I get depression; panic attack; teariness, ALOT of procrastination i get that "mutism" esp. when people shout at or argue with me and sometimes thoughts not of suicide but of wishing to die (I'd never do that). Sorry to be doom and gloomy, lol; I don't get any of the others.

:)

[thorkyll]

By the way, I just bought a 259 page book called "Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness" by Gillian Butler (she's a consultant clinical psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society). I don't know if you've read it or not, but if not I'll let you know if it's any good.

Take care

[jlt1984]

I dont mean to butt in, but I saw your comment... Be careful about other people seeing your Channel... I'm pretty sure all the comments you post show up on the channel site. does that make sense? Sometimes I feel like I don't make myself clear. So in other words, the girls you work with could very well see the comment about this video... Sorry I probably should not have said anything...I don't wanna like start something or whatever...

[NoSocialAnxiety]

Hey thorkyll :) If you are being bullied at work, could you get another job or something? Or report the bullying? No-one should have to deal with that, especially not someone going through Social Anxiety. You have the right to be who you are & make whatever vids you want. I guess it depends how much it affects you, Hugs!

[thorkyll]

Hi Emily, I'm not sure it's bullying. I just work in an office with 5 girls. They're nice 80 % of the time, it's just the other 20 % of the time that they gang up on me &can be horrible. They were laughing when they read my comments & favourites cuz of things about anxiety. But then they become nice again, so kind of a roller coster. It's my last day there tommorow, as I'm going to London --- pop. 7.5 million, uh oh :( --- to do postgraduate study for a year. I'll actually miss them. Thanks.

[jlt1984]

Thorkyll, I guess I was wrong. I spoke without researching.. Anyways, if you dont want people to see your recent activity, just go to your channel and under recent activity, there should be a privacy link. Just click on that and then do what you want from there. Again sorry to butt in and then be wrong about what i was saying.

[thorkyll]

Hi Jlt, don't be sorry, thank you for your concern. I've already set the recent activities so it doesn't include comments on videos. It's more the thought of them seeing a video of me, because they'd go and copy it or send it to people to make fun of or something. I'm not bothered if they read my writing or ratings etc, though. Thanks. :)

[Jens8310]

Right now I'm dealing mostly with depression and procrastination which is definately related to social anxiety.

I have also experienced in the past:

Thoughts of suicide, trichotillomania and muscle twitching in my face (which might be related to SA or stress).

Another great video, thanks!

[yethboth]

Great Video. Selective Mutism and being Reclusive in my room were my main side effects of having Social Anxiety Disorder.

[cessnaace]

Hang in there mate. We're not alone.

STAY AWESOME! :)

[myhalo123]

Great video! It takes a lot to talk about these kinds of things either in a video or in a comment. So high fives to everyone! : )

For me: depression, thoughts of suicide, self injury.

Its important to remember these things only make you stronger and a better human being. They don't mean your weak, not normal or anything else. That's negativity talkin' and tell him to shut it!

[Hogfish360]

i have three symptoms,selective mutism,constant teariness and crying and precrastanation,i dont know if i suffer from this,or am just very shy and lonely.....

[thorkyll]

Well, "social anxiety" doesn't actually exist in and of itself; it's just a generalized label to describe a general pattern of symptons. The symptons make it SA, SA does not create the symptons.

Having those symptons, you'd certainly benefit from reading up on social anxiety,.

[cessnaace]

Emily,

Take it from someone who knows, Trichotilomania is a compulsion. But it's an unconscious one. I pulled out my hair for years, and usually wasn't even aware that I was doing.

Trichotilomania is something that I no longer do. I do suffer from panic attacks, General Anxiety Disorder, and clinical depression. But I'm being treated for them.

You help alot of people Emily. It's so wonderful seeing someone devote their channel for something positive.

STAY AWESOME! :)

[BluesyMagus]

Procrastination, Isolation, and depression (in the past)

All this suffering for no reason, all caused by the inability to see things for what they are - makes you think doesn't it?

I admire you for being open about it.

[thecanm]

I had depression and overcame it. It was just straight forward that i had never though off before, it was just like " I had enough of it, I don't want to waste time and energy to be depressed" That was what got me over it. But still deal with some anxiety!

[singing1sensation]

procrasinating,depression.cons­tant tears and crying (which hasnt happened that much. but sometimes its hard to keep in) and yh... ive also thought of suicide. but i dont that much nowadays. sometimes i feel like making myself sick to get thin. i dont though.

[Wambo07]

crying, panic attacks, depressions...

fell in love with a wonderfull lady on youtube...

[TameFan]

I only have depressions and i di eat alot of food before and gained about 25kg wich is now gone so that gave me a self esteem boost

[NoSocialAnxiety]

Thanks for sharing, it really pulls at my heart :( :( Thank-you...I thought, there will probably be some people watching that will have it too? Maybe I could start a fashion trend of half missing eyebrows so we feel better hahahaha ^ ^

[baltimoreblitz16]

lol i cut my eyebrows before.

like all the way off and my parents freaked! but i was like 12. i was starting to realize i was growing a unbrow lmfao!

they grow back in like 3 weeks. my body hair grows fast doe. i remember when i tryed to cut my own hair and it looked like mess! lol

[Bluesage2009]

ohw....... please don't turn your emotions on yourself. You are never to blame. Turn them outward...

It's almost a way of making-real, the pain that we experience inside......it is a way of being able to express this pain......

You are a person of DEPTH!, and CHARACTER!, let your WORDS! speak for you Emily.... they will express your inner experience for you....... to others....

You don't need inflict wounds upon yourself.

Protect and Nurture yourself!.......

[Bluesage2009]

Your words will never fail you .. they will express everything for you.......... Trust them. and use them over......hurting yourself.

[Bluesage2009]

Fear usually means that somewhere inside, we have unconsciously allowed the opinions and value judgments of others, become more important then the opinions of ourselves.

It is social conditioning. Everyone has a true-self , no matter how buried it may be. If all else fails.... revert to a time, when you remember yourself being happy.. especially when lost in the hideous fog of depression.

I always say depression is FORGETTING.. forgetting love, and forgetting that light inside you.

[guruehuru]

I've been depressed, procrastinated until it's too late, the thoughts of suicide comes every now and then and sometimes they are strong. It feels like I have selective mutism. My drinking habits have been bad at times.

But I feel ok at the moment :)

[joyfulseraph]

depression, often not being able to breathe & choking feeling, past teariness/crying....that's all I can think of at the moment.

[joyfulseraph]

oh! how can I forget this one....just read Bluesage2009's comment and remembered...something like agoraphobia is also a side effect, even though I think it relates to more fears/problems than just SA for me.

[Bluesage2009]

:( Emily.

I wasn't going to come out with the truth. I am embarrassed about my SA. I came from being unable to leave my apartment, i gained 30 kilos of weight... Only through going to hell and back have i been able to loose it. The darkest days i pray are over... Even after leading a spiritual life for so many years, i still have irrational fears.

To the other guys here, i really do hear you.

I have dedicated my life to Social Work, i wont stop until i am in a position to help others.

[Bluesage2009]

Meanwhile, it is clear your motivations stem from the right place, and i instantly understand. Just remember Emily, your beautiful regardless of weight fluctuations. Being over-weight is a demoralizing experience, especially if you KNOW inside, you never were meant to be in the first place.

To others, this much i do know. SA and related depression, are epidemic in our society today. I am fortunate enough to be in a well-off area, and one thing i know... DONT EVER TAKE this world at face value!

[Bluesage2009]

Even the most "successful" people, with multimillion dollar beach side homes, have issues! , and their life is anything but rosey!

This society is like a giant theme-park, it's glossy on the outside, but in reality it's just ONE BIG ILLUSION..

Know yourself as the DIVINE! HUMAN CREATURE, that you are.... NOT YOUR SELF IMAGE........this is spiritual awareness, and it will always save you... You are NOT ever what others tell you.... or what society implies you are...

[Aaron5of13]

depression on Wellbutrin, uncontrollable eating at times, yelling uncontrollably, breathing probs only cuz I'm a bit of a fatty weakling, selective mute-ism yes, procrastination in the sense of being unable, suicidal thoughts in the past, living alone, being on disability, hopelessness of being alone the rest of my life, wanting to be off-planet as in in the better next life, not being able to make a YouTube video.

[lexserr]

for me:

depression, alcohol abuse, taking drugs, thoughts of suicide, not being able to breathe, and low self esteem.

[NoSocialAnxiety]

:( Thanks for sharing. It's very brave & shows us that we're not so alone in these things...