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re: Has anyone here experienced and then overcome social anxiety
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:08 am to When in Rome
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:08 am to When in Rome
Find a good Celebrate Recovery program at a local church
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Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:10 am to Sampson
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:13 am to Sampson
I was terrified of strangers when I was a kid but very social with people spent a lot of time around - school mates and family. As a young man I was convinced I wasn't worthy of being in public....very difficult situation. I come from some serious white trash and living in Atlanta in the late 70s and 80s folks from even worse backgrounds were fronting left and right and I was naive enough to think they were actually what they appeared to be. I am dead serious when I say the thing that got me out of it was needing to get laid. That need would force me out of the house and into social situations that I would have preferred avoiding at all costs....and I soon realized people were all pretty much the same and outside of the occasional a-hole everyone was just trying to get through their day and live their lives. I grew out of it and for the last 40 years or so I do not meet a stranger no matter where I am....I thoroughly enjoy talking to people, any person, no matter how humble there lot in life is....I even do it in foreign countries where I do not speak a word of the language LOL...drives my family insane - they complain "you can't leave the house without having a 45 minute conversation with a stranger" and they ain't far from wrong. I can remember being terrified of people though....it was not easy
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:17 am to Sampson
Yes.
To a degree.
It still comes and goes depending on what is going on because of underlying issues.
Familiar situations are easier to handle with regards to this rather than unfamiliar ones. I’m just at a point in my life where I am stuck in routine to a degree and it makes a lot of stuff easier to manage.
Non-routine stuff tends to go better if it involves things I’m more well versed on. Ex- Public speaking, some conversations, etc, are a lot easier if it is dealing with material I know back and forth and can go by instinct. Stuff I’m less familiar with can get more awkward.
To a degree.
It still comes and goes depending on what is going on because of underlying issues.
Familiar situations are easier to handle with regards to this rather than unfamiliar ones. I’m just at a point in my life where I am stuck in routine to a degree and it makes a lot of stuff easier to manage.
Non-routine stuff tends to go better if it involves things I’m more well versed on. Ex- Public speaking, some conversations, etc, are a lot easier if it is dealing with material I know back and forth and can go by instinct. Stuff I’m less familiar with can get more awkward.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:23 am to Sampson
Once you realize that people truly don't care, then you are free to relax. And the ones that are critical? frick 'em. Why are you worried about what other people think?
Just live your life. Look people in the eyes. Speak calmly and honestly.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:29 am to Sampson
Get a part-time public facing job. You'll see most people aren't as intimidating or put together as you thought. Driving for Uber helped me get out of my shell.
This post was edited on 5/7/25 at 7:30 am
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:38 am to Sampson
I talk with my facial expressions.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:39 am to Sampson
Booze is giving me terrible anxiety and depression the next day lately. I feel like everything slows down when I am able to take a week off.
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:40 am to Sampson
Yes what helps me is that everyone is worrying about themselves and how they are going to look awkward or weird. They never think about it happened to others. Makes it easier
Posted on 5/7/25 at 7:46 am to Ricardo
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Once you realize that people truly don't care, then you are free to relax.
This is when I got good at presentations in college, when I realized no one gave a shite and were all just there for their grade. No one remembered your presentation once the next one went.
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