Social Phobia as a Result of a Narcissistic Relationship: How to Overcome Social Anxiety Disorder

This is how to overcome social anxiety and take back your life after narcissistic relationships. If you feel like you have no desire to leave your house - and maybe you've even got some anxiety about social situations, you might be dealing with social phobia or social anxiety disorder (SAD). After going through a relationship with a narcissist, you're more likely to deal with social phobia due to the emotional manipulation you dealt with during the relationship.

After months or years of gaslighting, projection and other narcissistic manipulation tactics, chances are that you've got a touch of CPTSD - and if that's the case, social anxiety disorder can be a side-effect.

In this video, I'll fill you in on what social anxiety disorder is and how you can start to resolve it yourself.

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[dapage]

Yup that’s me. It’s not fun. I was at my daughters house where she had a lot of people over for a gathering, i sat down and I couldn’t interact with anyone. It was like I was watching everything going on, but I wasn’t there, I was looking on from the outside. I couldn’t wait to go home. It was so weird.

[meemstas]

I've always had social anxiety, but after having a narc manipulative friendship I feel really paranoid about people. Especially people I don't know.

[KrystaCalzada]

Growing up in an abusive household, I found it really hard to look people in the eyes (mostly men) and it’s been something I’ve been trying to get over, I also get really quiet when I’m in front of my friends’ parents (I’m 23, like I should be over this by now lol), I can’t look at people when I’m talking to them and I talk quietly, I’m beginning to love myself and giving myself nurturing but it’s hard when I have to deal with people

[choppedpeppers]

I have social disgust and annoyance. It's not fear or anxiety. It's like a profound grumpiness. It could be residual anger or a burgeoning misanthropy as a consequence of being disappointed too many times. I find most daily human interactions tiresome, draining and sometimes so agonizingly boring that I get irritated and just want to escape people's company. However, I try not to be unpleasant to anyone, but I find no joy in being social anymore. I'm content being alone but that does not fit into how our world is structured and most people don't understand it.
Sometimes tragedy reshifts a person's priorities and what most people find meaningful or acceptable is no longer adequate or tolerable. It can be misunderstood as social anxiety even though there is no fear. Contemporary society is not a conducive atmosphere for trying to live on a deeper level. Certain life circumstance can lead to such a radical shift in one's perspective that there is no going back to life as usual in a system that cannot tolerate such a different way of being. I guess that's why some people think of monastic life, but that's a hard sell for those who are atheists. That leaves some people trapped in a world in which they don't belong and to which they do not wish to belong.

[yourenough]

I noticed I used to care what I looked like when I went out of the house now I don't care. I do believe I have social anxiety I really do stay home a lot. I haven't slept very well for along time. I think that under my eyes have lines and I'm so embarrassed of that it's cuz of being stressed out. I used to be free and easy going. NOT ANYMORE! GASLIGHTING AND BEING LIED TO MY ENTIRE LIFE - IT'S ALL CATCHING UP WITH ME.

[dianadundidit]

I just kind of don't like humans right now.. so many of those quotes sound true to me .... It's amazing I can even go to work the way I feel..

[sue]

I don't feel as comfortable around groups of people like I use to.

[cynzix]

I have social sadness, because I lost all my friends, I haven't a job so no work mates either, my family doesn't want me around too often. I want to socialize but I don't know how to start when I don't know anyone who's not family...

[Angiesays]

Thank you for sharing this is very Informative Information. I will use a few of these Techniques Before Heading out somewhere. I always spend time out on My deck enjoying the last few nice days. going out in such a sad world makes my senses a lot more Higher than normal. thanks for all you Do♥

[hspintercessor]

I feel like I have GAD & SAD. Well tbh I know I have social anxiety. I hate going outside and I hate being around others and crowds.

[conchettam]

SO...ME.!!.I FEEL LIKE THIS ALL The TIME.!!.THANKS☺ ANOTHER GREAT

[yourenough]

I haven't taken any pics of myself in a couple of years I feel like I look repulsive

[kstormgeistgem]

I don't know if I have social anxiety or not.
I don't like being in groups of people or around a lot of people but I'm not so much Afraid exactly. I just don't seem to like people.
Now whether it Started as social anxiety and just sort of morphed into something less taxing or not, that I couldn't tell you. I've had a lot of rough patches and relationships through out my life that have left me just kind of drained of really wanting to even bother any more. But I wouldn't I was anxious about it. I just don't care for it.
Then again, that tends to be how I cope. If something turns out to be painful, unpleasant or whatever, then I just basically decide not to like or want it any more and move on with out it. Like I found out certain foods make me sick. So I just don't like them any more. I don't miss them or crave them or even think about them. They just stop existing for me. So it's conceivable that what Started as a garden variety social anxiety just turned into a "meh, I just don't like people. period."
But I don't feel burdened by having that mentality. On the contrary, I feel fine with it. Takes a lot less energy to be apathetic about the world at large than it does to give a rat's rear. [chuckles]

[soheilay]

I was fine till i found how mean people can be

[sybiltaylor]

What if your N lives in your house and they are often in the yard when you leave the house?