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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a_lost_voice
a_lost_voice

sooo apparently I've been told by others who know more about anxiety then I do are telling me I have social anxiety but I have no idea what that really means or how to stop it because honestly I really need this to stop, it's becoming too much and I have to start seeking real help for it. I can't even really go out without feeling this nagging feeling saying an attack could happen at any moment 

misleadingsmile
misleadingsmile
Medication is a big help...start with Vistaril and move up from there...you'll find yourself a LOT less stressed in social situations
misleadingsmile
misleadingsmile
Message me, if you want to talk privately...
TheLittleOne
TheLittleOne
Medicine helps and talking to someone you trust also helps.
Scrofula
Scrofula
Anxiety is anxiety. It's called social anxiety when it seems greatest around groups of people, or when meeting new people. (What you'd call shyness when it's bearable). Don't worry too much about the label; it's not like there's a gene for social anxiety different from a gene for separation anxiety or test anxiety. It's all part of the umbrella of human minds we don't understand yet, and overlapping with depression and other mood disorders.
And you answered your own question: if it's become too much, seek help. If you are totally overwhelmed, you can always just go the ER, and they will connect you to county stuff if you're broke, or refer to a doctor that's covered.