Social Anxiety / Anxiety and Fear

Me talking about how fear is connected with and can cause social anxiety and / or general anxiety disorder. Me talking about my experiences and why I am afraid.

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[xxLilJXxX]

face your fears! look up face your fears qoute! dont let fear keep you from living your life!

[Stingerfyle]

I've seen a lot of guys like you on youtube.

Three points: You are talking to much, you are thinking to much and you are complaining/mourning to much.

If you want to overcome your anxiety, make an exposure plan and expose yourself to the situations you are afraid of. Do it again, again and again and again and again and again and again... I'm not stopping this because this is the solution. If you always go on your symptoms will vanish... GO OUT!

[MsCrissy76]

I feel that my fears have control over my life as well. I live alone, I'm single, Im not working right now, I don't have any friends and I'm ok with that, well, in a way. I would like to have a friend that I can trust and turn to, but I dont know how to make them anymore. I am learning to be more assertive, I read from a Low Self Esteem help book that being assertive is the key to recovery from LSE. Worth a try. Doing great girl!

[sanctuary62]

I sent you a PM about a video from Stanford. BTW You are not crazy, you have so much on your plate as a student at this time in your life stress is a big deal. I have had Depression all my life and went un-treated for 30 years. If you were my kid I would be so proud of you. I see you as a very strong person pushing through a tough time in life. On top of all you are doing you have at minimum a accelerated anxiety response if not a full blown disorder. Yet here you are!! WOW!!! Meds help me FYI

[keithrig]

Social anxiety responds best to CBT Talk therapy. There are some meds that can help with some symptoms, but they are not a long term answer and have side effects. Many people have forms of anxiety living alone, myself included. The best solution I found was to get out of the house, work and just not be home often to find myself in that position. If you have a good friend that you can room with that will help you not feel so lonely than that could be another solution. A pet or plants could help

[kufena]

Great video. You're not crazy, and there's nothing wrong with being irrational/emotional/intuitive­/whatever. You're also young and confidence does grow with age. I'm 42 and I have difficulty talking to people - dealing with people. There are ways/strategies around it and good professional councelling would help you a lot, I'm sure. Different people and personality types deal with life in different ways. I'm probably not telling you anything you don't know though. Good luck.

[xoxcuddlecorexox]

everyone's perspective is different. that person who left you the comment is ignorant. i understand, and i hope you get better in the future. what helped for me was meds (which noone wants to take) but they really work.

[breezyboo07]

really good vid!