A little confused and lost

[GirlAfraid23]

Hello all,

As you can see from my sig I suffer from alot of anxiety disorders but never thought social anxiety was one of them. Until reading these posts I have now discovered I am very similar to alot of you on here.

I am usually quite a confident person, I love going out with my friends, but recentley I have become concerned by how others percieve me and if they are annoyed/upset with me. I nitpick every conversation I have with friends afterwards, just to see if they may have given off signals to suggest they were/are annoyed at me.

I find great discomfort when I text somebody and they dont reply...I also see this as some kind of spite on their part...or they have gone off me or something ridiculous, especially when it comes to guys I am seeing or dating.

When I am in a room full of friends I often want to leave...I love my friends but especially some, who I have not known that long, I feel uncomfortable. Friends that I have known a very long time, I dont feel that alot with them. There are only a few of these though...
Please help! I didnt think I was a social anxiety sufferer

[GirlAfraid23]

Bump.

Would anybody be able to shed some light? :weep:

[CJH86]

Hi, i suffer from a similarish bunch of disorders to you....from what ive been told a lot of people who suffer from other anxiety disorders have a bit of social anxiety thrown in too.

Ive just recently been diagnosed with 'social phobia'....which initially i wasnt so sure about - as i have friends and most of the time i do like socialising with people who im comfortable around....i just considered myself shy and as i have panic disorder i assumed it was that which was responsible for my avoidant behaviour of being around people/in public.

I kinda looked at it and realised there are not that many people i feel comfortable around....when i meet new people i have no idea what to say and it makes me nervy to the extent i do drink a lot of alcohol to help me. I am paranoid of rejection as i do seem to have a low opinion of myself (although i can appear outwardly confident to most people) and think people are 'above' or will look down on me. I find that when i do make friends i generally befriend quiet people or people that i feel i can approach and will not 'reject me'....i tend to find extroverted people very intimidating. I dont know if its the same for you?

I do constantly feel that when im out in public people are looking and judging me even though im sure they are not! primarily this has started to happen at the moment because i've put on a stone due to a thyroid problem and i am completely paranoid that people look at me and think 'i bet she eats a lot' etc etc....i get horrified at the thought of eating infront of people publically, its all so silly really:blush:

I also over-analyse conversations and body language too :)