i do have friends. i go out. i'm having fun with a few people. but i cant speak when there are a lot of people. or unknown people looking at me. i use to shut up all the time.
SSRIs didn't help me, neither did other drugs. I gained a lot of weight and became an emotionless and tired zombie because of them. I don't recommend them to anyone. Now I'm trying to cope with this by myself, because I can't get therapy, I can't afford it.
I disagree with what she said,that because they avoided thats why it got worse.Its not always true,like i was forced to come out to stage,and everytime i had fear,and years gone like that i keep on coming to the stage and never was able to fix it.I think if they stoped me from getting in the stage from my young age,today i wouldnt have that ishue.Sometimes its best when you make yourself forget about it,after some period of time you change grow up,and you might find out that its not that scary.
@esarald don't you have a doctor you can go to in your country? I've had this since I can remember and I only recently went to the doctors and they gave me prozac which has helped some what. I'll start CBT soon too
I live in UK though, we get free health care here. I don't know which country you live
Im so fucking sick of having this. I think too much and I just wish I didn't give a fuck what anyones opinion was. I wish I was ignorant and live happy, than aware and live as a slave to society
@liamlloyd77 " I wish I was ignorant and live happy, than aware and live as a slave to society" I often think like this too... But I am convinced, this is not the way to go, at all.
Please join us at mapofmates d0tcom, social community FOR social anxiety and similar... very good place! a bit too quiet right now tho so join up pls ;-)
This is how I've always felt at school, ever since I was kid I've had like no friends and when I do I cling to just one person. I try to avoid people all the time. And I'm always looking dow and not at people. I hide from everyone in my room.
Some mercury symptoms are permanent but not all. I've talked to so many people in the last year that are 100% cured using Andy Cutler chelation and his book Amalgam Illness.
I got diagnosed by a wellness centre. Doctors can't test for mercury and the blood test will always read zero. The staff at the wellness centre explained to me that mercury is not floating around in the blood, it's hiding in the bones and organs. You need to take a chelator before a blood test for accurate reading.
"In a breakthrough, researchers at the Rocky Mountain Research Institute, led by Robert L. Siblerud made the most profound discovery that amalgam mercury affects the neurotransmitters' uptake of dopamine, serotonin, acetyicholine, and norepinephrine and provides a biochemical basis for why people who have amalgam dental fillings experience significantly higher levels of depression, excessive anger, and social anxiety than controls without amalgams."
Not everyone will be cured in one day like me. It takes 6-24 months to remove all the mercury from your body. I also forgot to add... I've been detoxing for 3 months using HMD (heavy metal detox) which is cilantro and chlorella while my fillings were still in, maybe thats why I was cured when they were removed. All I know... if you have any type of mental problem the first thing to do is remove mercury from the teeth. Mercury poisoning has over 300 symptoms. Social anxiety being one of the main.
I have this too and it is extremely difficult. By time I finally get home from school the anxiety has completely exhausted me and I just want to feel sad. I feel like I'm from another universe floating through this world, like I'm on the outside looking in. It is very hard to describe but it is a very uncomfortable feeling.
i used to suffer from this disorder. i recovered by exposure therapy. you MUST face your fears. example- go to a restaurant if u fear eating in public. eat something super tiny, but get through it, and see you will be ok! it sounded crazy to me back then, and i resented al who told me that, but it is the ultimate cure. although i may still suffer from anxiety in certain situations, i can actually go out in the world and LIVE!
@macxcosmetics this shock therapy should be considered very carefully though, not everyone reacts positively to it. Although most tv shows have you believe that pretty much everyone with every phobia can be cured through it, some people may actually have a complete meltdown if they are thrown into the cold water like this. Also, there always should be someone with you who knows you if you want to do this just in case it gets too much.
@vancouverislandbass That was probably either coincidence or placebo effect. If mercury in your system were causing neurological symptoms, it would take longer than just one day for the symptoms to subside after the mercury was removed.
ALL mercury silver fillings leak mercury 24/7. (Watch smoking teeth on YouTube)
Soon as the poison source is cut off (removing all fillings) your body can start to heal.
*I know I still have loads of mercury in my body but I feel amazing because I've been poisoned for 24 years." If you search google you will find 100's of people that were cured of anxiety, depression, s.a.d. and lots of other problems by removing their fillings.
@vancouverislandbass If you had mercury in your system for many years, whatever neurological damage that you suffered from it would likely be permanent. These people thought that mercury was causing their problems, had them removed, and them felt much better. This can be explained by the placebo effect. Disorders like anxiety and depression are especially sensitive to the placebo effect. Did you diagnosis yourself, or did a doctor diagnosis you with mercury poisoning?
I think a lot of my social anxiety stems from the fact while speaking many people have commented that I speak and sound different as if I have autism. Many people think I'm awkward and creepy because of my excessive quietness. I also suffer from severe inferior complexity and my severe feelings of inadequacies make me feel worthless and not worth anyone's time. At 37 years of age, I have no friends and have never been in a relationship. With my lifestyle I should have no shortage of friends
I understand exactly what these people are going through. I used to be very shy like this. It feels like the anxiety is robbing you of living the life that you know you can live. Remember though, positive thinking is very powerful and can help you do what you want in life. Take risks, focus on positive things, and celebrate an internal victory when you beat the anxiety. These are things that helped me! :)
I have just found this documentary and it is pretty interesting. This is the worst feeling ever and sadly a lot of people don't understand it :( I feel desesperate , having Social Phobia is like being in hell :(
The society we live in is so dehumanized, greedy and trivial...
Nobody, other than those who suffer, can ever understand the complexity of emotions, thoughts, perception or sensitivity an individual with this disorder experiences...
I feel like I do not belong in this world, what a cold, loveless, and lonely place...
I just want the enjoy life...
Understand myself... Find someone who understands me...
@SeverdSeouL I can identify with the sensation of not belonging to this world... It feels like you are watching everyone hurry around, talk, and interact energetically through some sort of lens or barrier or something... I sometimes even feel like I am not even present in a moment. such a weird and scary feeling.
@SeverdSeouL I guess I do, too. But it gets me down the fact that I am 24 years old and people of my age are quite hermetic about relationships. Everyone has already made friends for life and they don't need/want new people around them.
I've tried to be more sociable, but it only got me more depressed because I forgot how to treat people (don't know when i must speak or what i should say, etc)... The whole situation makes me so nervous and brings so many horrible memories.
@Egremus This thinking about 24 yo being hermetic is just the phobia distorting your reality, I'm 43 yo and I can make friend whenever I want if I decide to. "Normal" people want to grow, growing means also making new friends to expand your experience/knowledge. Your brain is bullshitting you creating obstacles to avoid the fear of rejection or fear of being ashamed. I hope you realize I'm not trying to piss you off, just giving you an external point of view. Peace ;)
Im a terrible public speaker that when im asked to give a speech or presentation in front of the class i stutter badly , start shaking , im asked to talk louder but only gets worse ! I have no friends or social life : (
wow there really is people just like me! im just like this james guy on here! its hard to talk to anyone. i have no social life at all. i barely leave my house. the worst for me to do is grocery stores and dr appointments. i wish i can get help and i wish the help can work. i also wish i knew people that have this. this whole vid is the STORY OF MY LIFE!!!
Recently in an Enlgish lesson, the teacher requested that I read out a section of by homework to the class. Immediately, I began to feel physically sick; I'm so bloody anxious in a normal situation, that when someone murmers or laughs, I always (irationally) assume they are talking/laughing about me, but when put on the spot, fully aware I am the centre of attention, I am even more disconcerted. After seconds of conveying my work to the class, I was told to restart, as was to quiet...
@OmniRecIuse ...As a result, I endeavoured to increase my volume, but was so inordinatly restless (more so than before due to being louder), I stammered throughout, and my face turned a bright red. In the end, the majority of the class were sniggering at me, and I felt, to put it bluntly, shit. A simple task, that most others would find frightfully easy, was so difficult for me I could barely endure it.
I always find it really hard to start a conversation with people. I am always think they are going to judge me and have a negative perception of myself. Can anybody give me advise to start a conversation or how shape a positive thoughts?
Anxiety pills for that little girl?! Seriously?! That's just fucking laziness. Put her through some speech classes or something, not pills for a LITTLE GIRL. Those are addictive!! What happens when she's off those pills?! Her anxiety is gonna go off the wall! and she'll have learned nothing. It's a personal experience, you learn along the way, pills aren't the answer to everything.
@Theworldisyourz09 Then why are you being loud and wrong? That girl is like 7 years old and taking prescription pills for something not even necessary. She's just a little shy and I can tell because I've gone through it, she doesn't need pills at all. It's something you get over with in time.
@Shaziaka there you go again.... speak for yourself........ everybody dont just get " over with in time" some people get worst and it actually develops into more complex fears and phobias and disorders ..... daam .... do some daam research first got dammit
@Theworldisyourz09 When taking pills you become dependent on them. I guess you believe pumping kids with medications make everything "alright." They sure as hell don't solve problems, all it does is make her anxiety levels go down and if she can ever get off those pills? then guess what it would have been all in vain. Use some common sense, seriously having common sense is like a super power these days. Also learn to type before you try making points. You sound retarded.
@Shaziaka BITCH IF I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO TYPE BITCH you wouldnt have understood my comment and replied back dumb bitch........ not all meds make you "dependent" on them dumb bitch....... there you go again talking as if your a fucking doctor or chemist and in real life you aint SHIT.... I BET YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITH YOUR RETARDED ASS BITCH
@Theworldisyourz09 Awwhh I must have hit a soft spot. Poor baby, I'm so sorry...not ;) Might want to learn some punctuation as well! You don't know how to type correctly, if you didn't catch that, but of course you didn't. Half your sentences are structured wrong, they have no punctuation. A lot of people will misconstrue what you're saying because you don't use punctuation and are illiterate. You're doing the same thing as me then.
@Shaziaka WHO are you to say, that this is something you get over with in time - what are your credentials? Like OCD and depression, SAD is not something that most people just "get over with in time". You obviously don't have SAD, so how would you know? If an expert feels it's necessary to give a little girls pills, then so be it.
@skating1611 Well I guess if she's more likely to make friends this way then it may be a good thing after all. As for me having that anxiety has kept me from making friends, so it may be better to go on the pills. I just don't like the risk of people becoming dependent on them,which happens all the time.
@MrJaffa2015 Everyone has different levels of anxiety and different triggers. Some situations that might scare the crap out of one person might be perfectly fine for another. It doesn't mean these people don't really have social anxiety
i used to be one of the top jokers/ prettygood guy in class in senior year in highschool but it changed when i stepped in to college. another whole new bunch of people where ifelt like iwasNT able to adopt the environment. when is see my classmates in the direction iwas walkingi suddenly or avoid them, even though its pretty obvious that they can see me walk in the other direction(college) veryveryvery embarrasing etc. etc.similar to other cases and it went on for like 4yrs until recenty. HELPME
i sweat in public . i cant eat in a crowded place . when im alone i always have to look around to check if someones watching me . when someone stares at me i sweat like crazy . i cant make eye contact . im extremely shy .
I feel like having social anxiety is a curse from God. To permanely sit through isolation from being alone on holidays, birthdays, and everything in between was to keep me away from people. I always wanted friends but rarely get the chance. Im sitting in my apartment these days for at least two days straight at a time considering my apartment the "safe space" the place where there are no people. Im so used to sitting on the empty side of the table that I fear this will always be.
im a 14 year old boy who suffered since fifth grade because of ocd and social anxiety. For a long time, ive been through hell but now i talk to my psychologist, see my psychiatrist and have the support of my friends and family. For months, ive just been waiting to get better and I know I will!
This is an update on the little girl in the video, Kayla, on the Psychology Today blog called "Shyness is Nice." She's 18 now and doing great! She was the homecoming queen for her highschool this year!
I know ive got a mild form of SAD. I can do some things socially but I've learned to bear threw it. It has prevented me from doing a lot in my life. No homecomings or proms or parties were for me. Walking threw a mall is torture and job interviews are stressful for me. It sucks not to be like everyone else and be the lone wolf cause I don't like being alone.
@michuok Can you ask a family member or someone you're comfortable with to go with you? I know I wouldn't be able to go to the hairdressers alone, so I get someone to come with me.
Suffering from sociel anxiety disorder is equivelent to suffering from arachnophobia if everytime an arachnophobic says a word to another person, a spider comes out of your mouth.
get a job. I tired to waitress once when I was 16 and I got so scared I would stutter and shake when I tried to take orders and this was in a tiny family owned resturant in a small city that only got like maybe two customers a day. I haven't even tried to get a job since then. At times I cry because I feel like there is nothing I can do and that I'm such a failure at life. I don't know how my parents can put up with someone like me. I guess I just really need some help.
@BeckyxBreakdown Trust me i've been in a similiar situation and felt the same way. you are far from a failure and you did well to even take that job when you had that condition. with the right help you will get better
I've had SA since before I can remember. When I was younger I was always told I was just shy. But no one really knew the extent of had bad I was up until I hit high school. I'm 18 now and I was suppose to graduate highschool last year. I dropped out before my second semester. I'd been getting worse for a while and it had really gotten to the point where I was terrified to be around people and I was having panic attacks. I basically live out of my room now. I'm terrified of driving, I can't..
@paulh909 hah, sounds like me. I'm always on my xbox. xD One of the only things I find comfort in. I can be so open when it comes to talking to people over the internet. I just can't have friends in real life. :/
@paulh909 Man I feel really sorry for you that you go to college just once a week, that's insane... I also have no friends and can't talk so well to people, but I go to school everyday...
i have a minor case of SA and it limits me to some extent but im am thankful i dont have it as bad as some people with extreme cases. my biggest problem is i have rosacea, which is a medical condition that causes really bad blushing and that combined with SA, really affects me.
To everyone suffering from social anxiety: there IS a cure. It's a groundbreaking psychological process called the Lefkoe Method. I understand that you have no reason to trust me, but I learned the method through Mr. Lefkoe's official training and I will be glad to help anyone with their issues for free (wether it's social anxiety or something else). Send me a PM to exchange Skype usernames. Why am I doing this? Because I want to hone my skills using the method and I like to help people.
I've had social anxiety forever - except for when I was 15, I was COMPLETELY free of it. So I think you can be "cured", I just haven't figured out what it was that made me better at the time
there is light at the end of the tunnel guys. i suffer from a major SA physical symptom-shakes and twitches and get extremely humiliated by it at times, but u know what-FUCK IT! im not going to let this feeling control my life because i am stronger and so are u people! at first when these shakes and twitches came about i stayed in isolation for 3 months! but gradually i kept
@grehan19 on pushing myself into situations where i felt embarrassed and humiliated and kept doing it and now if i get the twicthes or shakes or panic attacks(which is rare nowadays), i dont care! i just go about my day regardless!and i feel alot more stronger!......anyone want to talk hit me up :)
@MrJaffa2015 I agree too, I definitely could not talk on camera! However it is very possible to have a relationship with social anxiety disorder, i had a girlfriend for 2 years and she was the only person i could open up to and be myself around. Obviously it was intensely nerve racking at the start but i somehow got over it with time. But remember its not about how social you are, its about how comfortable you are with yourself, and obviously your level of comfort differs from person to person.
I've recently started an audiobook therapy program for my SA called 'Overcoming social anxiety step by step' by Dr. Thomas A Richards and I highly recommend to everyone who has this. He had SA for 20 years and now he is a psychologist that specializes in treating it. Hope this helps.
@000Winter000 people make themselves miserable by taking on only one perspective and thinking they know why things happen or why other people do things and act accordingly. it isn't what happens to them, it's their own judgements and significance they add to it, that makes them unhappy. this is why the world is in such a mess! hang in there, you sound like a good character ;)
I have really bad social anxiety.Im a senior in high school, I can't even leave my house, not even walk around on my own property without having anxiety.And my psychiatrist a year ago put me on medication, but all it did was make me really sick.
@candyapplecarnage I am a senior in high school too. I kind of have SA, but I overcame it. It took me 5 years. I just want you to know you can do it too. I hope you get better.
I hope the solution they present in the end is not medication. I have suffered long from these problems and anti-depressants only turned me into a zombie. No ups no downs.. woopie. My solution was just to break through boundaries, force yourself to take those first steps.
That was so sweet of that little girl help the one who couldn't talk to others. I so wanted a friend like that growing up. And the woman who says she watched the SA commercial and said "OMG, that's me! There's a name for it!", I literally had that exact moment a few days ago and said those same words.
I feel the same way Ratorr. Iwatching this video helped me put a name to what I have been suffering through since I was 6 years old. I wish all the people wish social anxiety disorder could meet, somehow i feel that we would all be more relaxed around each other because we are all in the same boat. I feel comfortable communicating with you and others who have Social Anxiety because you understand and i can be myself without fear.
I would also like to meet more people like me. I tried joining a Social Anxiety group on Facebook. It was nice for a while but it eventually went sour and people started getting nasty so I gave it up. I did meet a couple of people on there and still remain friends.
the thing that i cannot understand that i have social phobia since iwas 16 (i am 19) and before that i used to be veeery social and popular so how cant i get cured from it , i wasn't born with it !
@ARNOOBWA You cannot be born with SA. It is conditioned and learned usually from a very young age but you can get it later on in life too. And just as you've learnt these negative emotions and feelings, you can counter them by learning to think more positively and rationally with practice.
Thanks for posting this. It's extremely useful to know that what I've experienced is real and understood. I've always hated being the center of attention, having everyone focus their attention on me. Even walking down the street and passing people sometimes makes me a little anxious.
It's interesting to see how extreme some of these symptoms can be. I'm thankful my SA isn't as bad as some of the ones I've seen here and I've learned to cope in many ways. But I've got a ways to go yet.
I have a very severe form of social anxiety disorder. I had mine diagnosed in mental institute a year back. I'm not able to speak in real life at all. The severity varies from person to person. I see that people in this video who have this condition are milder than mine because you're still able to appear on video and talk about it. This video brings good awareness, but only for the milder case. This shows that if a mild case is already life-breaking, then what I'm suffering is beyond that.
@BlackValkyrie7 I'm so sorry to hear this - I suffer from it too, and it's just humiliating because you don't know why you can't function like normal people. I wish you only the very best of luck to help beat this! Xx
@BlackValkyrie7 Like you I could NEVER speak on camera. My SA is so severe, I even listen at my front door to make sure the neighbours aren't around before I leave my flat. I do have one or two close friends, but mostly I avoid socialising through fear of being judged and criticised.
@000Winter000 It's irrational if anxiety has such a profound effect on somebody that their life comes to a standstill and they isolate themselves from the world around them. It's not just mean people that sufferers of SA are terrified of interacting with, it's everybody.... It really has nothing to do with bullies.
There is so much optimist propaganda in this video it is astounding. . If you want to know what really causes anxiety, there are two very revealing works by Ernest Becker from the early 70s, The Birth and Death of Meaning and The Denial of Death. Not saying there aren't chemical imbalances, but its a lot like the chicken and the egg.
@ganzergrey I totally agree with you that it is a lot like the "which came first, the chicken or the egg" scenario... in regards to claims of chemical imbalances.
I haven't read the books you mentioned, but I suggest you read the book "Healing The Shame That Binds You" written by John Bradshaw. You will then realize the cause of social anxiety in most people.
I've been on paroxetine for more than 9 years. Yes, it helps a lot .. for the first few years. But then it's gonna effect all other emotions too. And then it seemed to be the biggest mistake I've ever made...
NOW THIS DAY I LIKE TALKING SERIOUS THINGS ABOUT99% I PROBLY GO ALONE TO THIS OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSE AND FIND THAT UNIMAGINABLE NATURE,WERE NO ONE SMILE BUT HAPPY
@bridgget522 kids brains are still developing sticking them on drugs changes the way their brian develops. many medications have made teenagers homocidal and suicidal like Eric Harris!
I've been this way ever since I was a little girl, I didn't realize that I had this until I was 19 and have been going to therapy for the past few months. I'm so glad it's helping.
@Masychefx2 That is what i thought at first. I certainly couldn't. There are different levels of severity to SAD and different ways of viewing it. Maybe your SA is worse compared to theirs, or their SA is not as bad as they think it is. It is possible that at the time during the making of this documentary, the participants had already been treated and are a more improved version of themselves.
I just watched this documentary with my son. We both suffer from SA and it is almost rampant on my mother's side of the family. Thank you so much for helping my son to be able to put into words how he has been feeling. I have suffered from childhood and I did recognize some of the symptoms with him. I can't thank everyone enough who participated and to those who were courageous enough to tell their stories. Turns out it was very empowering to my son and some new views for me!
Thank you so much for sharing this people need to know of this very painful issue. I have had it for as long as I can remember and I have always thought if someone else could speak it out for me and tell them I AM HERE AND I EXIST AND I NEED HELP!!!!
To all the people without respect: trust me...it's SAD having SAD!!!
On the other hand...people with SAD are hypersensitive and they can pretty much read one other's mind in an instance, I just whish more people could be like that...
I have often wondered if this is some sort of gift that we have. When I am able to sit with someone and really talk with them they often say that I am an "OLD SOUL" or "YOU REALLY GET ME".
@chrisoerlemans1983 I have often wondered if this is some sort of gift that we have. When I am able to sit with someone and really talk with them they often say that I am an "OLD SOUL" or "YOU REALLY GET ME".
Thanks for uploading this, it's really helpful
carma91 13 hours ago
my parents think that i'm lazy and i just dont want to work.. but actually i almost throw up when it comes to job interviews. i get so anxious.
dtramell 1 day ago
i feel uncomfortable when people look at me..
dtramell 1 day ago
i look good. i know i look good. but i feel all the time that people judge me. even my steps are unsure.
dtramell 1 day ago
i do have friends. i go out. i'm having fun with a few people. but i cant speak when there are a lot of people. or unknown people looking at me. i use to shut up all the time.
dtramell 1 day ago
i cant go to job interviews.. i'm sweating and blushing.. on the street i get really stressed when people look at me..
dtramell 1 day ago
SSRIs didn't help me, neither did other drugs. I gained a lot of weight and became an emotionless and tired zombie because of them. I don't recommend them to anyone. Now I'm trying to cope with this by myself, because I can't get therapy, I can't afford it.
razzberry82 1 day ago
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aixoozsz 2 days ago
I disagree with what she said,that because they avoided thats why it got worse.Its not always true,like i was forced to come out to stage,and everytime i had fear,and years gone like that i keep on coming to the stage and never was able to fix it.I think if they stoped me from getting in the stage from my young age,today i wouldnt have that ishue.Sometimes its best when you make yourself forget about it,after some period of time you change grow up,and you might find out that its not that scary.
meyaxshavat 2 days ago
self checkout ftw
worldconquest95 3 days ago 2
@worldconquest95 gotta love the self checkout. :)
leonkennedy1259 2 days ago
I though that I was shy, but I never though it could be THAT intense. Holy crap
jesuislepluscool 3 days ago
What can we do if we live in third world countries?, who can help us!
esarald 5 days ago
@esarald don't you have a doctor you can go to in your country? I've had this since I can remember and I only recently went to the doctors and they gave me prozac which has helped some what. I'll start CBT soon too
I live in UK though, we get free health care here. I don't know which country you live
liamlloyd77 4 days ago
This was making me cry seeing other people with even worst anxiety than I have. It's given me some hope toward the end too though.
I never knew Donny Osmond had this. My mom converted to Mormonism because of him.
liamlloyd77 5 days ago
Im so fucking sick of having this. I think too much and I just wish I didn't give a fuck what anyones opinion was. I wish I was ignorant and live happy, than aware and live as a slave to society
liamlloyd77 5 days ago
@liamlloyd77 " I wish I was ignorant and live happy, than aware and live as a slave to society" I often think like this too... But I am convinced, this is not the way to go, at all.
Please join us at mapofmates d0tcom, social community FOR social anxiety and similar... very good place! a bit too quiet right now tho so join up pls ;-)
Bamseskutt 5 days ago
This is how I've always felt at school, ever since I was kid I've had like no friends and when I do I cling to just one person. I try to avoid people all the time. And I'm always looking dow and not at people. I hide from everyone in my room.
josh71111 1 week ago
@josh71111 story. of. my. life. :(
leonkennedy1259 5 days ago
wow, i thought i was bad. this makes me feel really good about my situation... great documentary
orieo56 1 week ago
All these people are fine. No need to think they are wierd or anything.
Jeonmunka 1 week ago
Chelation is greek for "claw". It goes in your body and claws the metals and pulls them out.
99% of main-stream doctors don't know about chelation and think a normal blood test will show mercury... they are uneducated.
vancouverislandbass 1 week ago
Some mercury symptoms are permanent but not all. I've talked to so many people in the last year that are 100% cured using Andy Cutler chelation and his book Amalgam Illness.
I got diagnosed by a wellness centre. Doctors can't test for mercury and the blood test will always read zero. The staff at the wellness centre explained to me that mercury is not floating around in the blood, it's hiding in the bones and organs. You need to take a chelator before a blood test for accurate reading.
vancouverislandbass 1 week ago
"In a breakthrough, researchers at the Rocky Mountain Research Institute, led by Robert L. Siblerud made the most profound discovery that amalgam mercury affects the neurotransmitters' uptake of dopamine, serotonin, acetyicholine, and norepinephrine and provides a biochemical basis for why people who have amalgam dental fillings experience significantly higher levels of depression, excessive anger, and social anxiety than controls without amalgams."
vancouverislandbass 1 week ago
Not everyone will be cured in one day like me. It takes 6-24 months to remove all the mercury from your body. I also forgot to add... I've been detoxing for 3 months using HMD (heavy metal detox) which is cilantro and chlorella while my fillings were still in, maybe thats why I was cured when they were removed. All I know... if you have any type of mental problem the first thing to do is remove mercury from the teeth. Mercury poisoning has over 300 symptoms. Social anxiety being one of the main.
vancouverislandbass 1 week ago
I have this too and it is extremely difficult. By time I finally get home from school the anxiety has completely exhausted me and I just want to feel sad. I feel like I'm from another universe floating through this world, like I'm on the outside looking in. It is very hard to describe but it is a very uncomfortable feeling.
KiyoneMihoshiFan3 1 week ago
i used to suffer from this disorder. i recovered by exposure therapy. you MUST face your fears. example- go to a restaurant if u fear eating in public. eat something super tiny, but get through it, and see you will be ok! it sounded crazy to me back then, and i resented al who told me that, but it is the ultimate cure. although i may still suffer from anxiety in certain situations, i can actually go out in the world and LIVE!
macxcosmetics 2 weeks ago
@macxcosmetics this shock therapy should be considered very carefully though, not everyone reacts positively to it. Although most tv shows have you believe that pretty much everyone with every phobia can be cured through it, some people may actually have a complete meltdown if they are thrown into the cold water like this. Also, there always should be someone with you who knows you if you want to do this just in case it gets too much.
sickcellmate 1 week ago
If you have mercury silver fillings please get them out of your mouth!
My social anxiety and insomnia vanished the day after my fillings were removed.
Silver fillings leak mercury 24/7.
vancouverislandbass 2 weeks ago
@vancouverislandbass That was probably either coincidence or placebo effect. If mercury in your system were causing neurological symptoms, it would take longer than just one day for the symptoms to subside after the mercury was removed.
ClamCrunchy 1 week ago
@ClamCrunchy
ALL mercury silver fillings leak mercury 24/7. (Watch smoking teeth on YouTube)
Soon as the poison source is cut off (removing all fillings) your body can start to heal.
*I know I still have loads of mercury in my body but I feel amazing because I've been poisoned for 24 years." If you search google you will find 100's of people that were cured of anxiety, depression, s.a.d. and lots of other problems by removing their fillings.
Use DMSA to remove mercury from your body.
vancouverislandbass 1 week ago
@vancouverislandbass If you had mercury in your system for many years, whatever neurological damage that you suffered from it would likely be permanent. These people thought that mercury was causing their problems, had them removed, and them felt much better. This can be explained by the placebo effect. Disorders like anxiety and depression are especially sensitive to the placebo effect. Did you diagnosis yourself, or did a doctor diagnosis you with mercury poisoning?
ClamCrunchy 1 week ago
I think a lot of my social anxiety stems from the fact while speaking many people have commented that I speak and sound different as if I have autism. Many people think I'm awkward and creepy because of my excessive quietness. I also suffer from severe inferior complexity and my severe feelings of inadequacies make me feel worthless and not worth anyone's time. At 37 years of age, I have no friends and have never been in a relationship. With my lifestyle I should have no shortage of friends
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skorafreestyle 2 weeks ago
@skorafreestyle that is a both medically and humanely misinformed statement.
marcusdandenault 2 weeks ago
i dont know if i have this or not :S im not nervous of social situations i just dont know what to say :L
iKILLIANO 2 weeks ago
I have this. IT SUCKS
ImagineMarvelous 2 weeks ago
@ImagineMarvelous I hate it too. I just don't get why this crap is happening to me.
codename7000 2 weeks ago
I understand exactly what these people are going through. I used to be very shy like this. It feels like the anxiety is robbing you of living the life that you know you can live. Remember though, positive thinking is very powerful and can help you do what you want in life. Take risks, focus on positive things, and celebrate an internal victory when you beat the anxiety. These are things that helped me! :)
FunWithAaron 2 weeks ago
I have just found this documentary and it is pretty interesting. This is the worst feeling ever and sadly a lot of people don't understand it :( I feel desesperate , having Social Phobia is like being in hell :(
brndaqua01 2 weeks ago
The society we live in is so dehumanized, greedy and trivial...
Nobody, other than those who suffer, can ever understand the complexity of emotions, thoughts, perception or sensitivity an individual with this disorder experiences...
I feel like I do not belong in this world, what a cold, loveless, and lonely place...
I just want the enjoy life...
Understand myself... Find someone who understands me...
And understand someone else too...
Does anyone else feel the same?
SeverdSeouL 2 weeks ago
@SeverdSeouL I can identify with the sensation of not belonging to this world... It feels like you are watching everyone hurry around, talk, and interact energetically through some sort of lens or barrier or something... I sometimes even feel like I am not even present in a moment. such a weird and scary feeling.
marcusdandenault 2 weeks ago
@SeverdSeouL I guess I do, too. But it gets me down the fact that I am 24 years old and people of my age are quite hermetic about relationships. Everyone has already made friends for life and they don't need/want new people around them.
I've tried to be more sociable, but it only got me more depressed because I forgot how to treat people (don't know when i must speak or what i should say, etc)... The whole situation makes me so nervous and brings so many horrible memories.
Egremus 1 week ago
@Egremus This thinking about 24 yo being hermetic is just the phobia distorting your reality, I'm 43 yo and I can make friend whenever I want if I decide to. "Normal" people want to grow, growing means also making new friends to expand your experience/knowledge. Your brain is bullshitting you creating obstacles to avoid the fear of rejection or fear of being ashamed. I hope you realize I'm not trying to piss you off, just giving you an external point of view. Peace ;)
MrRefurbishedBrain 1 week ago
@MrRefurbishedBrain Don't worry, it makes sense. Thank you.
Egremus 1 week ago
being anti-social and having social anxiety are 2 very different things
xillstopstabbingx 2 weeks ago
i didnt know what i suffer had a name and i am 26 now i know that im not alone and can get help thank you
TheKabil12 2 weeks ago
Im a terrible public speaker that when im asked to give a speech or presentation in front of the class i stutter badly , start shaking , im asked to talk louder but only gets worse ! I have no friends or social life : (
misnalgas108 2 weeks ago
Being in high school an being so shy and anti social fuking suks!
misnalgas108 2 weeks ago
I think most social phobia comes from being insecure with yourself , looks , personality etc.
misnalgas108 2 weeks ago
wow there really is people just like me! im just like this james guy on here! its hard to talk to anyone. i have no social life at all. i barely leave my house. the worst for me to do is grocery stores and dr appointments. i wish i can get help and i wish the help can work. i also wish i knew people that have this. this whole vid is the STORY OF MY LIFE!!!
leonkennedy1259 3 weeks ago
Recently in an Enlgish lesson, the teacher requested that I read out a section of by homework to the class. Immediately, I began to feel physically sick; I'm so bloody anxious in a normal situation, that when someone murmers or laughs, I always (irationally) assume they are talking/laughing about me, but when put on the spot, fully aware I am the centre of attention, I am even more disconcerted. After seconds of conveying my work to the class, I was told to restart, as was to quiet...
OmniRecIuse 3 weeks ago 19
@OmniRecIuse ...As a result, I endeavoured to increase my volume, but was so inordinatly restless (more so than before due to being louder), I stammered throughout, and my face turned a bright red. In the end, the majority of the class were sniggering at me, and I felt, to put it bluntly, shit. A simple task, that most others would find frightfully easy, was so difficult for me I could barely endure it.
OmniRecIuse 3 weeks ago
@OmniRecIuse I can't even explain how similar your situation is to mine. Whenever a teacher even says my name in class my face burns bright-red.
ellebelle9345 1 week ago
I always find it really hard to start a conversation with people. I am always think they are going to judge me and have a negative perception of myself. Can anybody give me advise to start a conversation or how shape a positive thoughts?
arjanbg 3 weeks ago
@arjanbg sorry i have no advice. im trying to learn to talk with other people too. :(
leonkennedy1259 3 weeks ago
@leonkennedy1259 did you already learn smething that could help me futher/?
arjanbg 2 weeks ago
Anxiety pills for that little girl?! Seriously?! That's just fucking laziness. Put her through some speech classes or something, not pills for a LITTLE GIRL. Those are addictive!! What happens when she's off those pills?! Her anxiety is gonna go off the wall! and she'll have learned nothing. It's a personal experience, you learn along the way, pills aren't the answer to everything.
Shaziaka 3 weeks ago
@Shaziaka how can you speak as a expert if you are not going through it. I hate when people are LOUD AND WRONG
Theworldisyourz09 3 weeks ago
@Theworldisyourz09 Then why are you being loud and wrong? That girl is like 7 years old and taking prescription pills for something not even necessary. She's just a little shy and I can tell because I've gone through it, she doesn't need pills at all. It's something you get over with in time.
Shaziaka 3 weeks ago
@Shaziaka there you go again.... speak for yourself........ everybody dont just get " over with in time" some people get worst and it actually develops into more complex fears and phobias and disorders ..... daam .... do some daam research first got dammit
Theworldisyourz09 3 weeks ago
@Theworldisyourz09 When taking pills you become dependent on them. I guess you believe pumping kids with medications make everything "alright." They sure as hell don't solve problems, all it does is make her anxiety levels go down and if she can ever get off those pills? then guess what it would have been all in vain. Use some common sense, seriously having common sense is like a super power these days. Also learn to type before you try making points. You sound retarded.
Shaziaka 3 weeks ago
@Shaziaka BITCH IF I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO TYPE BITCH you wouldnt have understood my comment and replied back dumb bitch........ not all meds make you "dependent" on them dumb bitch....... there you go again talking as if your a fucking doctor or chemist and in real life you aint SHIT.... I BET YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WITH YOUR RETARDED ASS BITCH
Theworldisyourz09 3 weeks ago
@Theworldisyourz09 Awwhh I must have hit a soft spot. Poor baby, I'm so sorry...not ;) Might want to learn some punctuation as well! You don't know how to type correctly, if you didn't catch that, but of course you didn't. Half your sentences are structured wrong, they have no punctuation. A lot of people will misconstrue what you're saying because you don't use punctuation and are illiterate. You're doing the same thing as me then.
Shaziaka 3 weeks ago
@Theworldisyourz09 You're thinking you're a doctor/chemist by saying what you think is correct. You're being hypocritical.
Shaziaka 3 weeks ago
Grow up
Jeonmunka 1 week ago
@Jeonmunka very mature.. ah the irony lol
MrRefurbishedBrain 1 week ago
@Shaziaka WHO are you to say, that this is something you get over with in time - what are your credentials? Like OCD and depression, SAD is not something that most people just "get over with in time". You obviously don't have SAD, so how would you know? If an expert feels it's necessary to give a little girls pills, then so be it.
skating1611 2 weeks ago
@skating1611 Well I guess if she's more likely to make friends this way then it may be a good thing after all. As for me having that anxiety has kept me from making friends, so it may be better to go on the pills. I just don't like the risk of people becoming dependent on them,which happens all the time.
Shaziaka 2 weeks ago
@MrJaffa2015 Everyone has different levels of anxiety and different triggers. Some situations that might scare the crap out of one person might be perfectly fine for another. It doesn't mean these people don't really have social anxiety
Livingthequestions1 3 weeks ago
i used to be one of the top jokers/ prettygood guy in class in senior year in highschool but it changed when i stepped in to college. another whole new bunch of people where ifelt like iwasNT able to adopt the environment. when is see my classmates in the direction iwas walkingi suddenly or avoid them, even though its pretty obvious that they can see me walk in the other direction(college) veryveryvery embarrasing etc. etc.similar to other cases and it went on for like 4yrs until recenty. HELPME
wrenchtheenginecadet 1 month ago
27.13 thats me , i used to be a smart student . not anymore
OpticJBigBalls 1 month ago
@OpticJBigBalls :( im sorry....u sound like myself
kduideo 1 month ago
i sweat in public . i cant eat in a crowded place . when im alone i always have to look around to check if someones watching me . when someone stares at me i sweat like crazy . i cant make eye contact . im extremely shy .
OpticJBigBalls 1 month ago
I feel like having social anxiety is a curse from God. To permanely sit through isolation from being alone on holidays, birthdays, and everything in between was to keep me away from people. I always wanted friends but rarely get the chance. Im sitting in my apartment these days for at least two days straight at a time considering my apartment the "safe space" the place where there are no people. Im so used to sitting on the empty side of the table that I fear this will always be.
SocialPhobicBlack 1 month ago
@SocialPhobicBlack im exactly like you
OpticJBigBalls 1 month ago
I've gotten really bad social anxiety throughout the past few years.
I'm a senior in high school, and my anxiety is constant all the time.
I can't even walk out of my house or get near a window because its so bad.
candyapplecarnage 1 month ago
LOL @ 40:37 cartoon
redpillreality 1 month ago
34:05 - 34:45 describes my social phobia perfectly.
RSwetimas 1 month ago
im a 14 year old boy who suffered since fifth grade because of ocd and social anxiety. For a long time, ive been through hell but now i talk to my psychologist, see my psychiatrist and have the support of my friends and family. For months, ive just been waiting to get better and I know I will!
nhpindianproductions 1 month ago
This is an update on the little girl in the video, Kayla, on the Psychology Today blog called "Shyness is Nice." She's 18 now and doing great! She was the homecoming queen for her highschool this year!
gmarkway13 1 month ago 2
its abit ironic thats the social anixaety disorder is s.a.d ...cuz s.a.d makeing me feel sad...
ASWE323 1 month ago 9
I know ive got a mild form of SAD. I can do some things socially but I've learned to bear threw it. It has prevented me from doing a lot in my life. No homecomings or proms or parties were for me. Walking threw a mall is torture and job interviews are stressful for me. It sucks not to be like everyone else and be the lone wolf cause I don't like being alone.
PKRun11 1 month ago
wow...
0Yazz 1 month ago
omg it is so hard to go to hairdresser ;( maybe i will go tommorow :?
michuok 1 month ago
@michuok Can you ask a family member or someone you're comfortable with to go with you? I know I wouldn't be able to go to the hairdressers alone, so I get someone to come with me.
Ransomed09 1 month ago
@michuok same shit with me bro lol
ProblemForSolution 1 month ago
Ive been dealing with social anxiety all my life, but I recognize it and that helps me deal with it.
rojman123 1 month ago
Forever alone
sebaswildboy 1 month ago
Suffering from sociel anxiety disorder is equivelent to suffering from arachnophobia if everytime an arachnophobic says a word to another person, a spider comes out of your mouth.
unholyjebus 1 month ago
I experience anxiety just by watching this documentary, it reminds me of situations I hate
roberth1990 1 month ago
It's so right that people talk about this. It's very important to be open about an issue so big and significant.
LegendaryxEyes 1 month ago
12.42 lol!
Saffrocastier1 1 month ago
How the eff am i gonna get part time employment?? It's just so...humiliating.
LuvliJubly 1 month ago
get a job. I tired to waitress once when I was 16 and I got so scared I would stutter and shake when I tried to take orders and this was in a tiny family owned resturant in a small city that only got like maybe two customers a day. I haven't even tried to get a job since then. At times I cry because I feel like there is nothing I can do and that I'm such a failure at life. I don't know how my parents can put up with someone like me. I guess I just really need some help.
BeckyxBreakdown 1 month ago
@BeckyxBreakdown Trust me i've been in a similiar situation and felt the same way. you are far from a failure and you did well to even take that job when you had that condition. with the right help you will get better
tommo1313 1 month ago
I've had SA since before I can remember. When I was younger I was always told I was just shy. But no one really knew the extent of had bad I was up until I hit high school. I'm 18 now and I was suppose to graduate highschool last year. I dropped out before my second semester. I'd been getting worse for a while and it had really gotten to the point where I was terrified to be around people and I was having panic attacks. I basically live out of my room now. I'm terrified of driving, I can't..
BeckyxBreakdown 1 month ago
@BeckyxBreakdown yeh im like that, i go college once a week and thats it, i spend all the rest of the week in my house , mainly on my xbox :D
paulh909 1 month ago
@paulh909 hah, sounds like me. I'm always on my xbox. xD One of the only things I find comfort in. I can be so open when it comes to talking to people over the internet. I just can't have friends in real life. :/
BeckyxBreakdown 1 month ago
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@paulh909 Man I feel really sorry for you that you go to college just once a week, that's insane... I also have no friends and can't talk so well to people, but I go to school everyday...
KingOfPopDied 1 month ago
i have a minor case of SA and it limits me to some extent but im am thankful i dont have it as bad as some people with extreme cases. my biggest problem is i have rosacea, which is a medical condition that causes really bad blushing and that combined with SA, really affects me.
GraffiDmusic 1 month ago
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dispacct1 1 month ago
I've had social anxiety forever - except for when I was 15, I was COMPLETELY free of it. So I think you can be "cured", I just haven't figured out what it was that made me better at the time
himynameisbede 2 months ago
there is light at the end of the tunnel guys. i suffer from a major SA physical symptom-shakes and twitches and get extremely humiliated by it at times, but u know what-FUCK IT! im not going to let this feeling control my life because i am stronger and so are u people! at first when these shakes and twitches came about i stayed in isolation for 3 months! but gradually i kept
grehan19 2 months ago
@grehan19 on pushing myself into situations where i felt embarrassed and humiliated and kept doing it and now if i get the twicthes or shakes or panic attacks(which is rare nowadays), i dont care! i just go about my day regardless!and i feel alot more stronger!......anyone want to talk hit me up :)
grehan19 2 months ago
@MrJaffa2015 I've wondered this as well. The loneliness from not having relationships is one of the biggest pains of SA.
TheBlackStar999 2 months ago 5
@MrJaffa2015 I agree too, I definitely could not talk on camera! However it is very possible to have a relationship with social anxiety disorder, i had a girlfriend for 2 years and she was the only person i could open up to and be myself around. Obviously it was intensely nerve racking at the start but i somehow got over it with time. But remember its not about how social you are, its about how comfortable you are with yourself, and obviously your level of comfort differs from person to person.
futuresailor03 2 months ago
I've recently started an audiobook therapy program for my SA called 'Overcoming social anxiety step by step' by Dr. Thomas A Richards and I highly recommend to everyone who has this. He had SA for 20 years and now he is a psychologist that specializes in treating it. Hope this helps.
futuresailor03 2 months ago
@000Winter000 people make themselves miserable by taking on only one perspective and thinking they know why things happen or why other people do things and act accordingly. it isn't what happens to them, it's their own judgements and significance they add to it, that makes them unhappy. this is why the world is in such a mess! hang in there, you sound like a good character ;)
lightbrownpoop 2 months ago
I have really bad social anxiety.Im a senior in high school, I can't even leave my house, not even walk around on my own property without having anxiety.And my psychiatrist a year ago put me on medication, but all it did was make me really sick.
candyapplecarnage 2 months ago
@candyapplecarnage I am a senior in high school too. I kind of have SA, but I overcame it. It took me 5 years. I just want you to know you can do it too. I hope you get better.
cicitangable 2 months ago 2
I hope the solution they present in the end is not medication. I have suffered long from these problems and anti-depressants only turned me into a zombie. No ups no downs.. woopie. My solution was just to break through boundaries, force yourself to take those first steps.
Izahdnb 2 months ago
I am probably just shy. But I could not make friends because I always feel like everyone won't like me.
cicitangable 2 months ago
I wonder what their childhood look like. Does that play a role in SA? Maybe it is a learned behavior.
cicitangable 2 months ago
But you do have to be afraid because everyone still will and continue to JUDGE you...
LivinTheWayISeeFit 2 months ago
FCK Anti - Depressants. Fckin Poisons. I'd never put my child on "anti" depressants.
kONflictOD 2 months ago 3
@000Winter000 Thats unrealistic, meaning voicing your opinion is a FUCKIN WASTE OF TIME!
googletoogle 2 months ago
That was so sweet of that little girl help the one who couldn't talk to others. I so wanted a friend like that growing up. And the woman who says she watched the SA commercial and said "OMG, that's me! There's a name for it!", I literally had that exact moment a few days ago and said those same words.
Ratorr2 2 months ago 14
@Ratorr2
I feel the same way Ratorr. Iwatching this video helped me put a name to what I have been suffering through since I was 6 years old. I wish all the people wish social anxiety disorder could meet, somehow i feel that we would all be more relaxed around each other because we are all in the same boat. I feel comfortable communicating with you and others who have Social Anxiety because you understand and i can be myself without fear.
You have a friend here =)
TheKnowledge4ya 1 month ago 3
@TheKnowledge4ya
I would also like to meet more people like me. I tried joining a Social Anxiety group on Facebook. It was nice for a while but it eventually went sour and people started getting nasty so I gave it up. I did meet a couple of people on there and still remain friends.
Ratorr2 1 month ago
It's not true that people with SAD can't have relationships, they just don't enter into relationship so often
VicodinAddicted 2 months ago
@Masychefx2 my thoughts exactly
ThePottaholic 2 months ago
the thing that i cannot understand that i have social phobia since iwas 16 (i am 19) and before that i used to be veeery social and popular so how cant i get cured from it , i wasn't born with it !
ARNOOBWA 2 months ago
@ARNOOBWA You cannot be born with SA. It is conditioned and learned usually from a very young age but you can get it later on in life too. And just as you've learnt these negative emotions and feelings, you can counter them by learning to think more positively and rationally with practice.
futuresailor03 2 months ago
I CANT HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING WITH THE BAQCKGROUND MUSIC :(
gemmamalar 3 months ago
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TheT33g 3 months ago
Thanks for posting this. It's extremely useful to know that what I've experienced is real and understood. I've always hated being the center of attention, having everyone focus their attention on me. Even walking down the street and passing people sometimes makes me a little anxious.
It's interesting to see how extreme some of these symptoms can be. I'm thankful my SA isn't as bad as some of the ones I've seen here and I've learned to cope in many ways. But I've got a ways to go yet.
allenu 3 months ago
I have a very severe form of social anxiety disorder. I had mine diagnosed in mental institute a year back. I'm not able to speak in real life at all. The severity varies from person to person. I see that people in this video who have this condition are milder than mine because you're still able to appear on video and talk about it. This video brings good awareness, but only for the milder case. This shows that if a mild case is already life-breaking, then what I'm suffering is beyond that.
BlackValkyrie7 3 months ago 2
@BlackValkyrie7 Wow, my prayers are with you... that's actually heartbraking
jarhead4lifehomes 3 months ago 6
@BlackValkyrie7 I'm so sorry to hear this - I suffer from it too, and it's just humiliating because you don't know why you can't function like normal people. I wish you only the very best of luck to help beat this! Xx
kickchick1974 2 months ago
@BlackValkyrie7 Like you I could NEVER speak on camera. My SA is so severe, I even listen at my front door to make sure the neighbours aren't around before I leave my flat. I do have one or two close friends, but mostly I avoid socialising through fear of being judged and criticised.
WeTheStrange 2 months ago
@BlackValkyrie7 I even suspect they're ordinairy actors. I realy can't imagine being filmed and being so calm.
keytracer 2 months ago
This was interesting
Blankname101 3 months ago
@000Winter000 It's irrational if anxiety has such a profound effect on somebody that their life comes to a standstill and they isolate themselves from the world around them. It's not just mean people that sufferers of SA are terrified of interacting with, it's everybody.... It really has nothing to do with bullies.
GhastlyCretin85 3 months ago
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boxcar25 3 months ago
There is so much optimist propaganda in this video it is astounding. . If you want to know what really causes anxiety, there are two very revealing works by Ernest Becker from the early 70s, The Birth and Death of Meaning and The Denial of Death. Not saying there aren't chemical imbalances, but its a lot like the chicken and the egg.
ganzergrey 3 months ago
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boxcar25 3 months ago
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@ganzergrey I totally agree with you that it is a lot like the "which came first, the chicken or the egg" scenario... in regards to claims of chemical imbalances.
I haven't read the books you mentioned, but I suggest you read the book "Healing The Shame That Binds You" written by John Bradshaw. You will then realize the cause of social anxiety in most people.
boxcar25 3 months ago
I've been on paroxetine for more than 9 years. Yes, it helps a lot .. for the first few years. But then it's gonna effect all other emotions too. And then it seemed to be the biggest mistake I've ever made...
Moreeke 3 months ago
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boxcar25 3 months ago
i think someone of us have this awkward smile,thats the reason,they dont come out
rockwitchdrunk 3 months ago
i tell you in the end(i dont know what thats end) humanity will feel this agoraphobia etc.
rockwitchdrunk 3 months ago
NOW THIS DAY I LIKE TALKING SERIOUS THINGS ABOUT99% I PROBLY GO ALONE TO THIS OUTSIDE OF UNIVERSE AND FIND THAT UNIMAGINABLE NATURE,WERE NO ONE SMILE BUT HAPPY
rockwitchdrunk 3 months ago
your lucky you have mild SAD DO YOU HAVE AWKWARD SMILE,IM ASKING EVERYONE WHO HAVE IT
rockwitchdrunk 3 months ago
now everybody tell me the truth,if you have awkward smile,thats why you dont come out,im like you in a way
rockwitchdrunk 3 months ago
This is a really good documentry. We should let people without social anxiety watch it, to make them realize what its like.
MrDb07 3 months ago 25
@MrDb07 ....i think people with social anxiety know what its like more than anyone else.
UsBeatingU 1 month ago
i have social anxiety and my sister used to suffer from selective mutism. this brings back a lot of painful memories...
xxlostinmusic 3 months ago
kids should not be on medication -.-
IDontDoDrumCovers 3 months ago
@IDontDoDrumCovers kids who need help, like i do, should be. it helps and saved my life
bridgget522 3 months ago
@bridgget522 kids brains are still developing sticking them on drugs changes the way their brian develops. many medications have made teenagers homocidal and suicidal like Eric Harris!
IDontDoDrumCovers 3 months ago
I've been this way ever since I was a little girl, I didn't realize that I had this until I was 19 and have been going to therapy for the past few months. I'm so glad it's helping.
TheRheaLouie 3 months ago
This is my life
itsBA44 3 months ago 2
i dont undertand how they can talk on camera if they have bad anxiety cause i certainly couldnt cope with that.
Masychefx2 3 months ago 29
@Masychefx2 many of the people in the video are already feeling better and healing from their SA.
molyvenson 3 months ago
@Masychefx2 That is what i thought at first. I certainly couldn't. There are different levels of severity to SAD and different ways of viewing it. Maybe your SA is worse compared to theirs, or their SA is not as bad as they think it is. It is possible that at the time during the making of this documentary, the participants had already been treated and are a more improved version of themselves.
johndoe7033 2 months ago
@Masychefx2
I look worse than a jackass on camera.
Cavin21 2 months ago
@Masychefx2 Cause there are different levels of social anxiety.
zirpa1 2 months ago
@Masychefx2 for the good of others and awareness
PsychoBatcave 1 month ago
I just watched this documentary with my son. We both suffer from SA and it is almost rampant on my mother's side of the family. Thank you so much for helping my son to be able to put into words how he has been feeling. I have suffered from childhood and I did recognize some of the symptoms with him. I can't thank everyone enough who participated and to those who were courageous enough to tell their stories. Turns out it was very empowering to my son and some new views for me!
Skippy27v 3 months ago
great video!!!!!!!!!!!
Rustyrmy 3 months ago
I need a Natalie.
X11HGseeker 3 months ago
Thank you so much for sharing this people need to know of this very painful issue. I have had it for as long as I can remember and I have always thought if someone else could speak it out for me and tell them I AM HERE AND I EXIST AND I NEED HELP!!!!
X11HGseeker 3 months ago
To all the people without respect: trust me...it's SAD having SAD!!!
On the other hand...people with SAD are hypersensitive and they can pretty much read one other's mind in an instance, I just whish more people could be like that...
chrisoerlemans1983 4 months ago
I have often wondered if this is some sort of gift that we have. When I am able to sit with someone and really talk with them they often say that I am an "OLD SOUL" or "YOU REALLY GET ME".
X11HGseeker 3 months ago
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@chrisoerlemans1983 I have often wondered if this is some sort of gift that we have. When I am able to sit with someone and really talk with them they often say that I am an "OLD SOUL" or "YOU REALLY GET ME".
X11HGseeker 3 months ago