I also and terrified by the moment comes when I have to eat alone!! I'm gonna look so akward not making eye contact with anyone and feel like everyone is staring at me! :(
You got to leave school at 15?Youre so lucky man,we have to wait till were 18 to graduate from high school so I have 4 more years of sitting by myself with upper class-men and classmates just saying" Why is that guy all alone?He probably doesnt have any friends. That's sad. Hes a loser"8th grade was bad enough,sitting only with 8th graders still wasnt any better,the only way I got past all that was my 1st semester I had one friend I had lunch with my 2nd semester I would sit with a full table
I don't even think I have SAD anymore of every had it, because i'm not the nicest looking flowing in the garden if you catch my drift...and frankly i dont give a damn what a female or male thinks of me in looks lol i've been called "big head" "big lips" "ugly" blahhh i dont care, i've had GF'S and they weren't ugly and they were the Parish Hilton, but they were pretty. So i've dated many girls...i guess i have nothing to really complain about..
and will make you more social. it want be easy, in theater you have to REALLY leave that comfort OF the comfort zone in your mind and do what the teacher tells you even if you feel completely stupid and look stupid doing it, it makes you more comfortable around your class mates, and i looked at them do it as well and they seem nervous and shy i can tell by the body language and movement, we're not the only one :)
just started my junior year...not so bad to me, i have Social anxiety, but it really doesn't feel like it anymore. I wasn't diagnosed with it but i figured i had it because of my symptoms. It's only when I have to do certain things or in a certain class with certain people. I am in theatre and i got up and had to impersonate someone in a movie, and i did it with like 11 eyes looking at me, just express yourself no matter how nervous you are because it'll break down walls and boundaries
Hi, i had been diagnosed with social anxiety too and i managed take control of it...So speaking of experience i will try and help you...
1. Dont take meds...it acts as a depressant, its also the same as drinking alchool to numb the anxiouse feeling...you have to go natural with this...
2. No mater what anybody says, youcan get over it, the prblem is that a very big part of your recovery can only be aquired by exposer....and this is the hard part...simple, but not esy...
i'm going through the same exact thing right now. i have a low self esteem, i'm so quiet and shy. can't stand for guys to even look at me because i get too excited about it. but i keep telling myself that i'll eventually change and break out of my "shell". people tell me that i'm such a pretty girl and i just need to loosen up. i picture myself doing it but can't get myself to actually be social enough. its like i'm blocking myself. it is difficult.
dude I can totally relate to eating at lunch alone. I remember it perfectly. got my food, looked around the caf, no one I was friends with so I had to sit at a table by myself. I felt like a fucking loser.
I am so angry on the fact what have happened to me .I used to be quite confident and not so anxious. I started to smoke weed even though I have heard that it makes your anxiety worse but for somebody it is helpful,Now I am so fearful,anxious and ashamed of quite everything.IS SOMEBODY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM?
@peaches4218 I had the same problem man. Don't smoke weed ever again. I go to the gym every week to work off the stress of anxiety and it really helps. try it
I know what u mean.. break and lunch were meant to be the best parts of school. And when my friends were off school seeing people hanging out in groups when i'm just alone walking by myself isn't cool :/ I'm just finishing school and thank god!
Hi Mark....I understand 100% where you're coming from with the one school friend and when he was off sick. I used to dread those days with a worry that I don't think I've felt since. The feeling of paranoia at break times was unbelieveable, knowing that everyone could SEE how alone you were and the comments and attacks you got. Whoever said that kids do not endure stress...is a liar...I personally feel that for many people, childhood is a more stressful time than their later working life.
first. So I fully understand how you felt when you were in school, I felt the same way. And I think it's really good that people can have the confidence to come on to youtube and speak about their problems - it helps the others who aren't as confident.
I used to worry so much about having friends and I still do some times. Now i'm in college and I still have the friends I had in high school (I never had any friends before then) and they just seem to be evaporating slowly, drifting away. One of them has left for another college so now there's just three of us. And i worry some times if I'll ever make new friends because I remember how i made those friends - they came to me, I probably never would have been friends with them if the hadnt spoken
zomg! lunch sucked! hahaha. And the second stage is laughing to your self because you are alone... So awkward. you are brave for putting up the youtube vids. And I am alone too :) Bunch of lonely ppl who all have social phobia :P, so we really aren't that alone.
I have the same problem. I do talk to a good number of my classmates at school, I even have a few of the cell phone numbers and I text them and stuff, but I'm afraid to get closer to them. I feel if I get closer to someone, they won't like me anymore.
@naflodii No I don't have a disease, but I lack in confidence and therefore I feel inferior to people and I don't want people to think I'm awkward or anything, which I can be awkward sometimes because when you're a shy person it's kinds of hard not to act awkward in social situations.
I always felt alone, like no one really understand. I'm homeschooled because its so severe. When I go to school I pretty much cant breath, and can't concentrate. Everyone at my old school thinks Im a freak. -.-
I know exactly how u feel. I suffer from panic attacks every single day of my life. I am in 12 grade and my face will turn red even at the slightest things at that really is destroying my life.
I can relate. I'm currently in high school now. I hate being alone and the cafeteria. For a while I would sit alone in the cafe during lunch but I got so nervous, scared, and embarrassed I just never go in there...well unless we have to, or just to buy a juice or something.
I can relate to this. I felt something not quite right with myself but only found out about social anxiety when I was 18. school was definitely hard to deal with before, constantly thinking that others hate me and are always to find a reason to dislike me, like they would always stay away from me.
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your not alone!!! i can totally relate to you! i recommend getting closer to God. You don't have to be like everyone else. It's peaceful to not have to many friends. Love yourself no matter what.
i had alot of friends in highschool and was a bit of a class clown in my classes. i got to college and immediately felt completely innadiquate and alone. in my junior year now and i havent made one new friend, i struggle to make it through class without having a sweaty panic attack. I love classes with participation grades, aka a percentage of the grade i am just going to have to forfeit....
im living the experience most of the time atm, hard getting through each day sometimes. Have a few friends but its hard to get a close bond with others....
I used to be the leader among my friends when I was a kid, and had a lot of friends everywhere.... One day I'm known as the one with a lot of friends, another day, I'm known as the loner... now I look at the others having so much fun, laughin and joking, - behind the jail bars! S.A. is like a prison, and a daily torture chamber.
to my friends from the past: you will always be remembered in my heart!
Meh.. You still have yourself. I don't think i'll ever get used to or overcome this phobia, but i'm not going to let it crush me. I honestly miss my old life. Every day was like a new adventure and now I just freeze up at the prospect of wanting to say or do something in a social setting.
i dnt know why im different even from the social anxiety people. i have no problem being in gym class or playing sports even tho its hard to talk during them.. anyone know why?
wow crazy. this is just like me. but im only 17.i was a natural leader in my younger years of 8 and 9. then around 6th grade my quietness got pretty bad
school was the same for me.. spent most of my lunches in the bathroom tho... gym class 2 lol thx for posting this video, its nice to know im not the only one with anxiety issues :)
Their was a conspiracy theory over who was trying to be my best friend all the way up to the age of 10 lol. I think that's when you start to get all self-concious and that:P
Two of my friends left, 2 switched classes, two left. The rest just stood back leaving me one good friend left. Then it all got messed up..
The shame of eating alone at lunch you had to contain. I see it differently now but then.....
you stuck out like a sore thumb which is quite an achievement when your all wearing the same thing. I remember this one time some kids my age walked up to my empty table and asked me point blank: "Why do you never sitt with us."
I just shrugged and walked off. I diddn't know what I had so. what to say, you know? That probably contributed to the idea that all eyes are on you.
Faber, Norris, Hufflepuff Ravenclaw lol. God bless whoever thought of the names. I had one m8 in a different house fom me and intermingling was looked down upon. Teachers seperated us tbh.
Gay little cleeky houses. I'm gonna burn them all when I learn a bit about pyrochinetics:P I was totally alone m8.
I like this video. I know what you mean. I had the same problems at school. Had no fiends. I was like standing outside every groups and trying to fit in. But I never did.
Yr the same as me at school..well when i was at school, had one girl, and if she wasn't the i'd be alone. I dreaded lunch aswell, coped in class, got bullied thou so that wasn't good either lol! I just walked up to tesco and got away from school eh, so the attention wasn't on me =| Guess it was a bad experience eh!
Awh man =[ i feel so sad that tht happened to you, yr cute! <3 never deserved to have sa man =[ ..
I guess I started my SA around the same time as your, I remember I got held back one year, and had to make new friends all over again, the thing that made me feel bad was that although those kids were one year younger than me, they were smarter, so, in school, I was nervous all the time.
my heart really goes out to you,, i know exactly how you feel. i have been living with this for quite some time and feel's so manic. oddly,, i feel more comfortable around strangers than people i know. whenever i feel like someone i know is better than me,, i clam right up. i try to be funny & sarcastic but i know that all i'm doing is making the situation very awkward. does anyone have any suggestions?
i'm sorry u've had this since childhood. i didnt but it probably is as painful when it suddenly hits u at 33 , i'm 43 now and i still have it. its really painful.
I'm 22 and have had social anxiety for over 12 years. I feel like people are always judging me when they probably aren't and find it unbearable to look people in the eye.
I am 37 and been alone with no love life to speak of but for a few months..most of my life.. The rich get richer and the bitch gets bitchier! basically..
i lived near my school so i used to sneak home or get a pass to go home for my lunch whenever i could. worst thing about school for me was group acitvitys, i used to have a french teacher who thought it was a good idear to have class games and i used to dread them the moment i woke up in the morning.
8th grade was when i started deliberately getting detention in school 'cause they had detention during lunch hour, it was a good way for me to avoid the whole eating alone thing if none of my three friends were around, lol. Or i would skip classes, just to guarantee a good 2 weeks or so of detention for that reason. Wasn't until i was around 16 i started to force myself to just be alone in public, really a hard thing to do at that age i remember!
If you see my page...that is a big part of why i favorite or search for some of the things you might see as "weird" for and 18 year old to be looking into. I dont care anymore
I hated when the teacher did not show. I was the only one who didn't like to have substitute teachers. The kids would then sit with each other and me by myself. I remember this one time in 8 grade when this happened. they actually sit behind me and one sang to the others "ain't got no friends, ain't got no friends".
haha, ahh man you're asking the wrong bloke. I'll post a video and then you can do the exact opposite of what I say. That should get you a date in no time! :D
@BulletProofMonkeon that has got to be the best response I have ever heard. Any advice from anyone on where or how I can talk to other people about social phobia? I'd like to talk to other sufferers first before I actually start fighting this with outside help
i was self conscious about eating in front of people, but only when i was at their homes, otherwise not. but that was ok cos i had trouble using their restrooms too... kind of balanced out in a way, lol
im thanking you to putting this on youtube thank you sir!
Sheron124 3 months ago
I Love that they Ingnitials for Social anxitety Disorder are SAD...Lol your Sad when you have S.A.D
ItsNotMeItsSammieZ 5 months ago
I also and terrified by the moment comes when I have to eat alone!! I'm gonna look so akward not making eye contact with anyone and feel like everyone is staring at me! :(
DashingKardashianTV 6 months ago
..You look like Robert Pattinson
DashingKardashianTV 6 months ago 2
You got to leave school at 15?Youre so lucky man,we have to wait till were 18 to graduate from high school so I have 4 more years of sitting by myself with upper class-men and classmates just saying" Why is that guy all alone?He probably doesnt have any friends. That's sad. Hes a loser"8th grade was bad enough,sitting only with 8th graders still wasnt any better,the only way I got past all that was my 1st semester I had one friend I had lunch with my 2nd semester I would sit with a full table
FireIsTheCIeanser 6 months ago
I don't even think I have SAD anymore of every had it, because i'm not the nicest looking flowing in the garden if you catch my drift...and frankly i dont give a damn what a female or male thinks of me in looks lol i've been called "big head" "big lips" "ugly" blahhh i dont care, i've had GF'S and they weren't ugly and they were the Parish Hilton, but they were pretty. So i've dated many girls...i guess i have nothing to really complain about..
bigb771 6 months ago
@bigb771 or ever even had it*
bigb771 6 months ago
@bigb771 damn i can NOT spell.. i mean't "they WEREN'T Paris Hilton"
bigb771 6 months ago
and will make you more social. it want be easy, in theater you have to REALLY leave that comfort OF the comfort zone in your mind and do what the teacher tells you even if you feel completely stupid and look stupid doing it, it makes you more comfortable around your class mates, and i looked at them do it as well and they seem nervous and shy i can tell by the body language and movement, we're not the only one :)
bigb771 6 months ago
just started my junior year...not so bad to me, i have Social anxiety, but it really doesn't feel like it anymore. I wasn't diagnosed with it but i figured i had it because of my symptoms. It's only when I have to do certain things or in a certain class with certain people. I am in theatre and i got up and had to impersonate someone in a movie, and i did it with like 11 eyes looking at me, just express yourself no matter how nervous you are because it'll break down walls and boundaries
bigb771 6 months ago
in school i was labled a nerd/emo but im not that im just a person if i was labeld i would label myself as metalhead or punk
kurtanglerocks555 7 months ago
At least you have good looks. People with SAD are super self conscious.
XvalzioX 7 months ago
My advice is:
1) go to a university library and read and learn material in 2 or 3 books on this subject;
2) go to a psychologist and have a few sessions;
3) attend to this issue as your number 1 priority ( dont put it off);
4) the library books and psychologist will teach the steps in cognitive/behavioural therapy ( those techniques do help);
5) everyday you do at least 1 hour of study or practice ( forget about other unimportant stuff, this is number 1)
raccuia1 9 months ago
@raccuia1 I second that. CBT has helped my social anxiety and I also joined a support group. My SAD isn't that bad anymore.
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thanks for making these vids i have social anxiety also :)
mrfizzzzzzzy 9 months ago
Hi, i had been diagnosed with social anxiety too and i managed take control of it...So speaking of experience i will try and help you...
1. Dont take meds...it acts as a depressant, its also the same as drinking alchool to numb the anxiouse feeling...you have to go natural with this...
2. No mater what anybody says, youcan get over it, the prblem is that a very big part of your recovery can only be aquired by exposer....and this is the hard part...simple, but not esy...
ThaRealHipHop2008 11 months ago
I seen something like this once before but cant remember where, thats right, in my dreams LOL no but seriously great video.
IncelTreatment 11 months ago
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shadowfrost91 1 year ago
atleast u look god dude, people with ur problem who are ugly have it ten times worse because they are exetremely self conciouss
Youngroe1 1 year ago
@Youngroe1 → You are right on so many levels.
shadowfrost91 1 year ago
i'm going through the same exact thing right now. i have a low self esteem, i'm so quiet and shy. can't stand for guys to even look at me because i get too excited about it. but i keep telling myself that i'll eventually change and break out of my "shell". people tell me that i'm such a pretty girl and i just need to loosen up. i picture myself doing it but can't get myself to actually be social enough. its like i'm blocking myself. it is difficult.
tombfr4882 1 year ago
amg :) i love his voice reminds me of harry potter and he looks kind of like Robert Pattinson (:
KioraKara 1 year ago
dude I can totally relate to eating at lunch alone. I remember it perfectly. got my food, looked around the caf, no one I was friends with so I had to sit at a table by myself. I felt like a fucking loser.
cmonutube 1 year ago
hey thanx alot for coming out with this video
im 16 and i feel the same way
its like i started out very socialable and now im slowing starting to feel more and more alone
if u ever want to talk or something jsut message me or something
it would feel good to have a friend that feels the same as i do
atomic2794 1 year ago
Hey! some advice please do you blush when in social situations i do? :/
chrissy19942008 1 year ago
:( I have no friends either...
milocom 1 year ago 2
Anyone know good meds I can take for social anxiety disorder? I am desperate at this point to try anything for it to go away.
SAIDYOMAMA 1 year ago
@SAIDYOMAMA Stay away from meds. I've heard many times meds can make the situation worst and not to mention side affects.
RB902050 1 year ago
I am so angry on the fact what have happened to me .I used to be quite confident and not so anxious. I started to smoke weed even though I have heard that it makes your anxiety worse but for somebody it is helpful,Now I am so fearful,anxious and ashamed of quite everything.IS SOMEBODY WITH THE SAME PROBLEM?
peaches4218 1 year ago
@peaches4218 I had the same problem man. Don't smoke weed ever again. I go to the gym every week to work off the stress of anxiety and it really helps. try it
kmoj12345 8 months ago
I HATE LUNCH TIME, I CANT EAT BC OF MY ANXIETY, ANS PPL STAREING HOW U EAT
PopPrincess714 1 year ago 3
God, you're gorgeous!
booboohips 1 year ago
I know what u mean.. break and lunch were meant to be the best parts of school. And when my friends were off school seeing people hanging out in groups when i'm just alone walking by myself isn't cool :/ I'm just finishing school and thank god!
ChabbyAlonSo7 1 year ago
it good you finally found out what you were suffering from,,, it's a great burden!
flunderdown 1 year ago
Hi Mark....I understand 100% where you're coming from with the one school friend and when he was off sick. I used to dread those days with a worry that I don't think I've felt since. The feeling of paranoia at break times was unbelieveable, knowing that everyone could SEE how alone you were and the comments and attacks you got. Whoever said that kids do not endure stress...is a liar...I personally feel that for many people, childhood is a more stressful time than their later working life.
19alba87 1 year ago
first. So I fully understand how you felt when you were in school, I felt the same way. And I think it's really good that people can have the confidence to come on to youtube and speak about their problems - it helps the others who aren't as confident.
1Buttonmasher 1 year ago
I used to worry so much about having friends and I still do some times. Now i'm in college and I still have the friends I had in high school (I never had any friends before then) and they just seem to be evaporating slowly, drifting away. One of them has left for another college so now there's just three of us. And i worry some times if I'll ever make new friends because I remember how i made those friends - they came to me, I probably never would have been friends with them if the hadnt spoken
1Buttonmasher 1 year ago
haha can i just say..you're really handsome
katelyn442 1 year ago
I only ever had one friend at school too, I know exactly how that feels. Sucks!
Roadie92 1 year ago
zomg! lunch sucked! hahaha. And the second stage is laughing to your self because you are alone... So awkward. you are brave for putting up the youtube vids. And I am alone too :) Bunch of lonely ppl who all have social phobia :P, so we really aren't that alone.
BLuFirefli 1 year ago
LOL ur hair is soo awesome
KnightQuickness72 1 year ago
I know exactly what you mean.. I hate it so much.. It really sux..i just want it to go away
ilovepizzaforever07 1 year ago
i suffer from social anxiety also. is really hard for me. id on't know what to do
Chilenita2009 1 year ago
I have the same problem. I do talk to a good number of my classmates at school, I even have a few of the cell phone numbers and I text them and stuff, but I'm afraid to get closer to them. I feel if I get closer to someone, they won't like me anymore.
barnesfam 2 years ago
why won't they like you. do you have a disease?
naflodii 2 years ago
@naflodii No I don't have a disease, but I lack in confidence and therefore I feel inferior to people and I don't want people to think I'm awkward or anything, which I can be awkward sometimes because when you're a shy person it's kinds of hard not to act awkward in social situations.
barnesfam 2 years ago
It's ok to be awkward sometimes. Not everything in life runs smoothly. People will understand if you give them a chance.
If you met someone you liked and they were a little awkward and shy around you would you judge them harshly? Wouldn't most people feel the same way?
naflodii 2 years ago
Yeah, I know how you feel.
I always felt alone, like no one really understand. I'm homeschooled because its so severe. When I go to school I pretty much cant breath, and can't concentrate. Everyone at my old school thinks Im a freak. -.-
Plz write back,
You pretty awesome. : )
MagicDust123 2 years ago 2
I know exactly how u feel. I suffer from panic attacks every single day of my life. I am in 12 grade and my face will turn red even at the slightest things at that really is destroying my life.
Falcons8455 2 years ago 2
same
CHIP08081993 2 years ago
I can relate. I'm currently in high school now. I hate being alone and the cafeteria. For a while I would sit alone in the cafe during lunch but I got so nervous, scared, and embarrassed I just never go in there...well unless we have to, or just to buy a juice or something.
Nieccie 2 years ago
I can relate to this. I felt something not quite right with myself but only found out about social anxiety when I was 18. school was definitely hard to deal with before, constantly thinking that others hate me and are always to find a reason to dislike me, like they would always stay away from me.
fictionz 2 years ago 4
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your not alone!!! i can totally relate to you! i recommend getting closer to God. You don't have to be like everyone else. It's peaceful to not have to many friends. Love yourself no matter what.
blushmemucho93 2 years ago
i had alot of friends in highschool and was a bit of a class clown in my classes. i got to college and immediately felt completely innadiquate and alone. in my junior year now and i havent made one new friend, i struggle to make it through class without having a sweaty panic attack. I love classes with participation grades, aka a percentage of the grade i am just going to have to forfeit....
karlmalone1289 2 years ago
im living the experience most of the time atm, hard getting through each day sometimes. Have a few friends but its hard to get a close bond with others....
xTKsaucex 2 years ago 2
My college years were the worst.
Cavin21 2 years ago
It's the same for me. Betwen 3 and 6 I had 4 friends and we were the best friends in the world, but at 7 I've moved.
After that I lost my friends and I never found new ones. I still lonely and shy at 22.
ultort 2 years ago 10
I used to be the leader among my friends when I was a kid, and had a lot of friends everywhere.... One day I'm known as the one with a lot of friends, another day, I'm known as the loner... now I look at the others having so much fun, laughin and joking, - behind the jail bars! S.A. is like a prison, and a daily torture chamber.
to my friends from the past: you will always be remembered in my heart!
...HELL.... :'(
ThePharaoh91 2 years ago
Yeah.. I know exactly how that feels.
EVALaunchProductions 2 years ago
life's worth nothing like this! I miss my friends, I miss my life....and I miss my Dad!
ThePharaoh91 2 years ago
Meh.. You still have yourself. I don't think i'll ever get used to or overcome this phobia, but i'm not going to let it crush me. I honestly miss my old life. Every day was like a new adventure and now I just freeze up at the prospect of wanting to say or do something in a social setting.
EVALaunchProductions 2 years ago
i dnt know why im different even from the social anxiety people. i have no problem being in gym class or playing sports even tho its hard to talk during them.. anyone know why?
TheScreamingRetard 2 years ago
@TheScreamingRetard I think it is because your anxiety is mild.
peaches4218 1 year ago
the only way im surviving high school is sports. im a great athelete and am forced to make friends there
TheScreamingRetard 2 years ago
wow crazy. this is just like me. but im only 17.i was a natural leader in my younger years of 8 and 9. then around 6th grade my quietness got pretty bad
TheScreamingRetard 2 years ago
We have houses in my boarding school.
16 of them, none of them real, again just groups.
There isn't any tension between houses,
but the school is already very draining.
Privacy is only a theory in my school, everyones full of gossip, and twisted humour that would make you vomit.
It's an all boys school in the middle of
no-where
mwhite2 2 years ago
school was the same for me.. spent most of my lunches in the bathroom tho... gym class 2 lol thx for posting this video, its nice to know im not the only one with anxiety issues :)
bzearfoss 2 years ago
Their was a conspiracy theory over who was trying to be my best friend all the way up to the age of 10 lol. I think that's when you start to get all self-concious and that:P
Two of my friends left, 2 switched classes, two left. The rest just stood back leaving me one good friend left. Then it all got messed up..
fredbloggs02 2 years ago
The shame of eating alone at lunch you had to contain. I see it differently now but then.....
you stuck out like a sore thumb which is quite an achievement when your all wearing the same thing. I remember this one time some kids my age walked up to my empty table and asked me point blank: "Why do you never sitt with us."
I just shrugged and walked off. I diddn't know what I had so. what to say, you know? That probably contributed to the idea that all eyes are on you.
fredbloggs02 2 years ago
Faber, Norris, Hufflepuff Ravenclaw lol. God bless whoever thought of the names. I had one m8 in a different house fom me and intermingling was looked down upon. Teachers seperated us tbh.
Gay little cleeky houses. I'm gonna burn them all when I learn a bit about pyrochinetics:P I was totally alone m8.
fredbloggs02 2 years ago
I like this video. I know what you mean. I had the same problems at school. Had no fiends. I was like standing outside every groups and trying to fit in. But I never did.
kopadarmano 2 years ago
Yr the same as me at school..well when i was at school, had one girl, and if she wasn't the i'd be alone. I dreaded lunch aswell, coped in class, got bullied thou so that wasn't good either lol! I just walked up to tesco and got away from school eh, so the attention wasn't on me =| Guess it was a bad experience eh!
Awh man =[ i feel so sad that tht happened to you, yr cute! <3 never deserved to have sa man =[ ..
Marino11ygg 2 years ago
I guess I started my SA around the same time as your, I remember I got held back one year, and had to make new friends all over again, the thing that made me feel bad was that although those kids were one year younger than me, they were smarter, so, in school, I was nervous all the time.
Geosphere71 2 years ago
i love your accent
tomat0es 2 years ago 3
my heart really goes out to you,, i know exactly how you feel. i have been living with this for quite some time and feel's so manic. oddly,, i feel more comfortable around strangers than people i know. whenever i feel like someone i know is better than me,, i clam right up. i try to be funny & sarcastic but i know that all i'm doing is making the situation very awkward. does anyone have any suggestions?
coralmarieleslie 2 years ago
i'm sorry u've had this since childhood. i didnt but it probably is as painful when it suddenly hits u at 33 , i'm 43 now and i still have it. its really painful.
PLISKEN12 2 years ago
i have social anxiety too and i really find Vilift effective for me. it's really great and no side effects.
happilylil 2 years ago
I'm 22 and have had social anxiety for over 12 years. I feel like people are always judging me when they probably aren't and find it unbearable to look people in the eye.
dazcouz 2 years ago 2
The social experience school for some is constant terror. Verbal terrorism/abuse. Torture- Emotional
TGWMPE 2 years ago
Having no friends is Hell on Earth.
TGWMPE 2 years ago 55
I know how you feel. I know it sounds disgusting but I used to go and eat my lunch in a cubicle, in the toilet.
MadcapMan 2 years ago 4
I am 37 and been alone with no love life to speak of but for a few months..most of my life.. The rich get richer and the bitch gets bitchier! basically..
vincent4500 2 years ago 3
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partyjente 2 years ago
i know the exact feeling of being alone at lunch times, your not alone in this one. this was a great video!
pianist231 2 years ago 4
i lived near my school so i used to sneak home or get a pass to go home for my lunch whenever i could. worst thing about school for me was group acitvitys, i used to have a french teacher who thought it was a good idear to have class games and i used to dread them the moment i woke up in the morning.
Stuart838 3 years ago
i have social anxiety too. it's so great to hear someone being so open about it.
jasmgasm 3 years ago 38
8th grade was when i started deliberately getting detention in school 'cause they had detention during lunch hour, it was a good way for me to avoid the whole eating alone thing if none of my three friends were around, lol. Or i would skip classes, just to guarantee a good 2 weeks or so of detention for that reason. Wasn't until i was around 16 i started to force myself to just be alone in public, really a hard thing to do at that age i remember!
greenxxghostie 3 years ago 6
If you see my page...that is a big part of why i favorite or search for some of the things you might see as "weird" for and 18 year old to be looking into. I dont care anymore
Balling117 3 years ago 2
i wonder why instead of having fun talking to each other they made their whole group pay attention to making fun of me :'(
Balling117 3 years ago 4
I hated when the teacher did not show. I was the only one who didn't like to have substitute teachers. The kids would then sit with each other and me by myself. I remember this one time in 8 grade when this happened. they actually sit behind me and one sang to the others "ain't got no friends, ain't got no friends".
Balling117 3 years ago 6
youre funny mate
damiancopado 3 years ago 2
Yup, I know the feeling, I know the pain. Lunch is the most humiliating part of the day. I dread it so much.
TummyTush 3 years ago 4
fuck i hate that eating alone shit...you feel sooo self conscious ey...very well explained...its fucked!!!!
cbtodacb 3 years ago 5
yep my school did the houses thing too...know exactly what ya mean dude
cbtodacb 3 years ago 3
Hey Mark, could you make a video about how a person with Social anxiety goes about dating and having girlfriends?
nocjosh 3 years ago 12
haha, ahh man you're asking the wrong bloke. I'll post a video and then you can do the exact opposite of what I say. That should get you a date in no time! :D
BulletProofMonkeon 3 years ago 15
@BulletProofMonkeon that has got to be the best response I have ever heard. Any advice from anyone on where or how I can talk to other people about social phobia? I'd like to talk to other sufferers first before I actually start fighting this with outside help
imahog666 1 year ago
@BulletProofMonkeon nice response man lol
flunderdown 1 year ago
@nocjosh i can help you with that DONT BE NICE GIRLS HATE NICE GUYS NUFF SAID
kurtanglerocks555 7 months ago
I blocked out a lot of shit too. I'm amazed when people can remember shit from before they were 12.
isportshades 3 years ago 4
I too sat by myself at lunch my sophomore year in high school. Had no real friends. I felt embarrassed and self-conscious.
wiredworldwide 3 years ago 3
Great video! During lunch, did you ever have a problem with eating in front of people? I'd go the whole school day without eating anything.
CreepyTim 3 years ago 3
i was self conscious about eating in front of people, but only when i was at their homes, otherwise not. but that was ok cos i had trouble using their restrooms too... kind of balanced out in a way, lol
draperture 3 years ago 2
Really good video.
PrisonBreakBoy 3 years ago 6
Lunch time, always the most awkward time of day. "why is that kid by himself?" i always had that problem.
QuietRiot444 3 years ago 3
Thank you for re-telling your past! I was pleasant surprised that you uploaded another video so soon!
Btw, I had SAD ever since I was a child. Around middle school, I had selective mutism.
SkepticScepter 3 years ago 3
*pleasantly
SkepticScepter 3 years ago
the bitch is back!
m001900 3 years ago 3
I think he means that in a good way. Dont give him thumbs down
BulletProofMonkeon 3 years ago 9
have they never seen aliens?
m001900 3 years ago 5
I gave him a thumbs up to make up for it
remote355 3 years ago 4
@BulletProofMonkeon You seem like a fairly smooth talker dude. You got it in ya.
ztbsk8er 1 year ago
Thanks for sharing!
beingsarahc 3 years ago 4