Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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ljmos
ljmos

Hello everyone. I am new on here. I have been fighting social anxiety for years and at times it has been under control and at other times like right now, it's nearly debilitating. I just wanted to find a safe place to express how I am feeling and possibly find some comfort in the company of others who struggle with this too. 

arfie
arfie
hello lj. welcome to the forum. you have found such a place. i know getting my anxieties of the day into words and sharing those words within my therapy support network helps me more than i can say in my own anxiety management. hope it helps you, too.

welcome aboard.
you are not alone.
listening. . .
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Welcome to the anxiety board at DS!

You've come to the right place where there is understanding, support, encouragement, and acceptance.
Tired
Tired
Welcome. I have had social anxiety all my life. I know how difficult it is.
Bobby5000
Bobby5000
It's a nice group here and I've found comments about my wife helpful. After 30 years of marriage following a difficult move she developed serious social anxiety. From an onlooker's perspective you just try to relax, recognize no one is there to hurt you, and do the best you can. Obviously there's more to it and I'd urge to post what brought this on what situations are most stressful what you feel and if anything helps.

Arfie and Mid seem pretty bright and confident in my dealings with them but we've never met. So I guess something happens in non- online dealings.
Trillium
Trillium
Welcome! I've been struggling with anxiety too, but if you think about it, you're doing something really brave. You've reached out to us and you should be proud of yourself.
confessionsofaqueen
confessionsofaqueen
My social anxiety is based on personal boundaries associated with socialization. Hence, in general, we are to be social beings, however, the crossed boundaries have offered me grief and I've used my free agency "the freedom" to run in the opposite direction especially when my personal bar has been set high with personal expectations and personal boundaries have been set from the get-go and have been pretty much over achieved in me, as the persona.

So, yep, social anxiety is perhaps my concern when dealing with "a people" as well because I hold on to my internal principles while we are told not to expect anything from anyone and so the turmoil to think we are to walk around like if nothing bothers us when people can be mean, piercing, and just plain unappreciative in general... and that is truly the most unrealistic way of thinking and being.

It's best to have a VOICE and voice concerns to correct relationships but when society tries to hush your voice... thank Mental Health Awareness is the only way to bring to the table for Petes SAKE.
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