How I overcame my severe social anxiety

How I overcame my severe social anxiety

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[wesleyhalpern]

I was always fearful of raising my hand, speaking, or drawing attention to myself in a classroom setting. Not only as a kid but also as an adult taking community college courses. An oral report was almost like a nightmare come true. It is painful struggle to fight with.

[A-if]

This gave me hope ❣️ Thank you . I'm 21 and I feel like social anxiety is robbing me of valuable experiences . The 'How my life would be if I messed up in 5 years ' tip is a great way to think abt things , I hope I can get rid of my anxiety

[mikecat]

Easiest way to get clicks these days is to tell people you have the answer for them feeling weird outside their comfort zone. Which is every person on Earth, it's part of the human experience!

[immadforit]

I really love the idea of creating the person you'd like to be in these new situations. The issue for me is that the anxiety comes out very physically. I get hives, I can get shaky and just visibly anxious and awkward. That's what makes it hard for me to appear confident and calm like I want to be. But I won't give up trying to transform my life. Thank you!

[Iamsenag]

I always knew I had social anxiety but but the reality hit me when my therapist confirmed it to me. I’m 21 and I feel rly annoyed abt how much energy social interaction takes away from me. Even the “normal things” make me anxious and visibly shaky and it feels like I won’t ever be able to change in that sense. But this vid made me a lil more hopeful thank you

[Bri-vyzx]

The bliss feeling after socializing in a way you don’t usually!!

[joshblackmore]

School, for me, was one of the toughest times of my life. I made no proper friends, and I got bullied (physically and verbally) a lot. This completely destroyed my self-esteem.
Even though I am now at Uni, I still, to this day, feel so nerverous to talk to people, other then the people who are in my classes who I see on a regular basis, therefore, I feel more comfortable talking to them in certain situations.
However, due to my childhood struggles, I do not have the confidence in myself to approach people without thinking about disrespecting their boundaries. I overthink things a lot, which is another common problem amongst other people with social anxiety.
Its so frustrating as its holding me back and preventing me from going out and socialising.
Every time something embarrassing happens to me now, it brings back dark memories, and I would always think there is somebody laughing at me and making fun of me, even when I'm all by myself. All the things that I really want to do, such as asking someone in my course to hang out and study together, or even chat to a girl who I quite like, I cant, because i always think I'll make a fool out of myself and everyone will just think I'm trying to be needy and an attention seeker.
Its infuriating, frustrating and upsetting, especially when you look on social media and you would see a massive group of friends having fun and laughing together. It literally makes your feel like an outcast and you don't have a belonging in society.
I'd always feel like there is something wrong with me which would feel my up with guilt because i would just always assume Ive upset someone, even when I know, for sure, that I haven't done anything wrong.
Apart from the odd few people in my class and my housmates, I'm lonely, and I get emotional very easily as I genuinely believed Unit would be the start of building friendships for life, but I should've known it was too good to be true.
They say the older you get, you'll grow out of it eventually, but I'm not sure it ever will to be honest.
I am so nervous for my job interview day....hopefully by that point, things will be slightly more easy

[PraveenSrJ]

I definitely have clear cut case of social anxiety and I’m definitely not an introvert but an extrovert that are nervous of being judged negatively and made fun of like I did in school 🏫.

[Skritz]

That's a relatable video for me. Thanks for sharing.

I had one year of selective mutism when I was 4 and had social anxiety after that. I only learned what it was quite recenlty (at nearly 35 !) and I think it's really important to understand what is shyness, what is introversion and what is anxiety. At least it helped me a lot to understand what was part of my personnality and what I needed to fix to become happier.
I'm doing a lot better since 3 or 4 years. I challenge myself a lot nowdays and as you said, it helps.

[indimist]

U give me home. How old were u when u conquered ur anxiety. Im 26 and starting to lose hope. I rlly wanna change. I xant even get into a relationship because im too anxious to go on dates and when i do im too nervouse. I cant even get great jobs.

[junaidsajid]

SO happy to hear you share your story. Forgiveness is so important, for yourself & for others. So are intention and desire. I used to have severe anxiety before going to school as a kid and would throw up, and was basically made fun of for it lol for me, yoga, reading and being mindful of all living creatures gave me oodles of peace. Hope to see you blossom even more :))

[shiva_]

I was very touched by the part about how you envisioned the person you wanted to be, that made me tear up. I find this whole video very helpful. Thank you for making it ❤

I used to be a lot more outgoing but after a couple of years now of experiencing one failure after the other I've become more and more guarded and scared of showing people anything about me. I'm slowly trying to build myself up again and to dig my way out of this hole. It's tough

[Maniaxxe]

Im struggling really bad :/ first month in school and I thought it would go away but it hasn’t, only got worse. I almost dropped out because of fear of presentations

[JoshHitti]

Thank you for sharing and your vulnerability. I’m sure you get this comment often, but you’re very eloquent with your words and speak with intent.

I think there’s a misconception that introverts (or those who experience any social anxiety), are timid and can’t convey how they feel. This is confirmation that that’s simply not the case.

[jesuschristuslebt]

I had this too but Jesus set me free I am so thankful it wasn’t easy at all I started drinking alcohol to eaese my anxiety but it got worse. But now thankful to God I am free.

[trmp]

My social anxiety is the reason I'm hooked on Valium and it's HELL. Despite being on Valium i cannot go to a hair salon because i start shaking and twitching, my heart gets all heavy, my neck gets very stiff and it triggers a migraine... It's so awkward because usually the person doing my hair doesn't understand.

[PcIgrice]

shyness is different from social anxiety.. you are shy just seems like it and not social anxious or that's consequence.. severe social anxiety is something deeper then being overcome mentally

[Rachelllllll]

Congrats. Thank you for being so vulnerable and honest. 🙂

[RunToEternity]

I also envisioned my future self when I was younger. As a guy, it didn't turn out like my future vision I had in mind, but at least I am over my social anxiety as well. The marriage and kids, well I guess I still have to work on that part. It may be that I can talk to someone I don't know for most things, but when it comes to asking a woman out I just met, I just feel too uncomfortable and just don't know how to do that. That is a thing I never figured out how to do as a guy, now the girlfriends I did go out with, they always started out as friends first so I could work my way towards asking them out, even though that often took years to do.

[TheColourAwesomer]

Damn, really good advice. The emphasis you put of desire is something I hadn't considered. Validating fantasy was really nice. I've done loads of research on psychology the last year, and realized fear is the key to everything. That and grief. Now I am slowly and cautiously allowing myself to experience fear and grief. It's helping. Thank you for the video.