Hi Sarah, from another Sarah!

I've been doing CBT for about a month and started meds this morning; no improvement yet.
If you want to fit in, though - and I'm being a hypocrite here - you just have to practice "getting out there". At least you have friends - do they know about your SA and if not, are they likely to be understanding if you tell them that you get a bit "shy" and anxious in those situations? I'm sort of going through the process of losing all my friends at the moment because the few that I actually did things with have "changed" and are now ONLY into drinking and dancing and never talk to me except to invite me along to some nightclub. I told one of them about my SA, BDD and GAD and she told me to stop being paranoid and that "everyone feels like that some of the time". (Worst. Thing. You. Can. Say!) For God's sake, don't shut your friends out, because IMO it's impossible to have any self-confidence if you haven't got any friends. See if you can get a few friends together to do something quiet. (Something I can't do because I've turned into a pottering little old lady, while their idea of fun is drinking ethanolised cordial and jumping up and down to Lady Gaga until they pass out in the way of an oncoming tram...)

One word...STANDOFFISHNESS!

Email and text messaging protocol baffles me

Sometimes I really struggle to know when the conversation has 'ended', and/ or whether the person at the other end is expecting me to reply back.

I'm the same. I'm completely clueless when it comes to text messaging. I also hate being the one that ends the conversation because I always feel as if I've abruptly ended it.

Whenever you think you're starting to overcome your issues and start acquiring some self-confidence, something bad always seems to be waiting around the corner

Nice to know I'm not the only one!


For me, this is called living with an elderly parent!

The joys of having facial hyperhidrosis on a hot summer's day!

I think I'm getting worse

How on earth am I ever going to get over my social anxiety when I'm living with a needy, highly suspicious energy vampire?

I find it so interesting how I can manage to push social anxiety to one side when I'm either incensed or physically exhausted.