My Blog About Social Anxiety
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Hi...
im new to DS and i wanted to share with you my Blog about my social anxiety disorder... i must admit its taken me a long time to speak about suffering from Anxiety, ive had no confidence to start a blog, but i thought i might aswell do it!
so here it is! http://anxiousandawkward.blogspot.com/
id love it if you check it out and give me feedback!
i will accept any forms of criticism!
im new to DS and i wanted to share with you my Blog about my social anxiety disorder... i must admit its taken me a long time to speak about suffering from Anxiety, ive had no confidence to start a blog, but i thought i might aswell do it!
so here it is! http://anxiousandawkward.blogspot.com/
id love it if you check it out and give me feedback!
i will accept any forms of criticism!
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hey there Henderson, im just anxious about every social situation, you name it, chatting up people, making new friends! it all comes with having Anxiety Disorder...
Now a comment like that, isnt going to help, is it yappy?
no its not is it
welcome to DS Andy
Have you tried getting bladdered? Alaways works for me!
I'm going to my first CBT session on Thursday, as I also suffer from very bad anxiety.
and yes i see CBT at college every tuesday:)
This thing is you have to really push yourself to overcome it, and that means doing things that you might find really difficult.
You'd be surprised how many people suffer with it, even if it's only in the mildest form.
Bit like rubbing salt into an open wound.
Welcome to DS. I'm off to read your blog.
Well that is what a blog is
You are following the footsteps of a million other people. Do something different.
Be. Interesting.
Regarding the actual blog - it is good if you ask me, I've tried writing blogs in the past and never get very far lol so props to you for keeping your 1st effort brief but also to the point and saying what you want to say in a very learned way.
As for the content - anxiety feeds on it's supply line of thoughts and the longer you let those thoughts run without cutting them off, the more anxious you will get. I think social anxiety is probably a lot more common than you think, I'm a fair bit older but through circumstance over the years have never been in a 'proper' relationship either and so every little thing regarding women right from initially speaking to them used to cause anxiety.
The way I try and approach it now is not giving one jot of my attention to what other people are upto, so what if they are all really confident and in relationships or 'studmuffins' as you put it? (which isn't probably accurate anyway) - It's you as an individual that counts, not other people so being honest with yourself and being open about anxiety/experience is a really proud quality to have imo
Good luck with the rest of your blog
you try some anti anxiety medication it will help plus the best remedy is to just get out there and live your life the best you
can
good luck i hope things work out for ya
That's exactly what I've done I only need to go outside 6 times a year. And I manage to get out of that too.
I've had social anxiety for years and to a large extent, it took over my life. I was referred for CBT around 18 months ago and while the therapy itself didn't change much, my therapist encouraged me to start volunteering at a local charity. I was really nervous at that prospect but I knew it would probably help me so I went ahead with it. I've been there for around 14 months now and it's made such a difference, having to interact with the people who come to the centre and having to talk to people on the phone (I was so bad at that before and literally wouldn't speak on the phone full stop). I wouldn't say I'm cured by any means - I still get nervous meeting new people - but I'm a lot better than before now that I know that I can talk to people and am not the hopeless case I thought I was.
Hope that gives you some optimism for the future but I know how difficult it is to start taking the first steps.
*judges*
nice blog
some typo's though...
I've gotten a lot better since going to uni, having a job, travelling, etc. and it doesn't seem to be as much of a problem. I sometimes get a little funny in some situations like queuing in the supermarket or in large crowds and will have to take deep breaths. The last time it really affected me was my sisters wedding where I was the usher and I basically freaked the f--k out the whole day. You'd think I was getting married how nervous I was. I did the wrong thing when I was a lot younger and that was drink to take the anxiety and the edge off. I will say that being off my face did kinda help but I soon learnt that it really isn't the best solution. It's a really horrible problem and hard for people to understand who have never suffered with it.
and yes im going to CBT soon, i hope it works!
I'll be following your blog Andy- so what if there are loads of them around,if they're helping people then it's all good!
Way to go ****.
He has SA saying stuff like that's not going to help.