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Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Explained Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Solution Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Shyness Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Lifestyle
My Story It was at the age of 18 that i first started to experience social anxiety it took me until 24 to end it. Before the age of 18 I was as confident as anyone could be, so my first steps to recovery were remembering how my thought patterns were back then. The confidence i had before 18 came down to the fact I was able to drift through life without ever observing my own behaviour in social situations I was able to not care about other peoples opinions of me. I remember the first signs of social phobia, it was the thought that I didn't no what to say, now prior to me being alerted to this there are two possibilities, either I was content to not contribute to the conversation or the thought never came into my head and I was able to converse freely. I believe that worrying about not knowing what to say then snowballed into me worrying that I was making other people uncomfortable with my silence, which later on led to more powerful symptoms like paranoia. Later on I also developed a strong feeling of self consciousness where walking through a crowded room I would feel as thou I was being watched and this would make me more couscous of my walk, which would lead to an unnatural walking style. The same thing would apply to my facial expression when I thought I was being looked at, my jaw would become tense and I would be confused about what to look at, both these symptoms have been mentioned countless times by posters on numerous sa related boards. I believe this relates to an extreme level of self consciousness. Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Explained Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Solution Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Shyness |
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