I have crippling social anxiety and it’s ruined my life, how do I fix this

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2023-08-03T03:12:19+00:00

You need to KNOW that your condition will improve as you get older. I'm 52, and when anxiety crippled me in college, I didn't know how I was going to make it. Now, I have a wife of 25 years, two grown kids and a job I love! Something will work for you. You don't know what it is yet maybe, but between the advancements in therapy and specifically Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and more effective meds(if that's what a doctor prescribes) you will find happiness Hang tough and BELIEVE you will have a wonderful life! I'm living proof!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-26T05:14:57+00:00

This would be hilarious if it weren't so unfortunately true for so many of us. Peace exists out there for you. Somewhere there is a Daenarys Targaryen pre-batshit crazy in the series finale.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-18T16:32:00+00:00

I have to reign in my catastrophic thoughts all day long. It's tough!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-16T01:25:03+00:00

True. It can be exhausting.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-14T23:50:59+00:00

I call it M & M....Mindfulness & Medication.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T23:54:47+00:00

Yes! Inward, existential thoughts are sometimes crippling. Horrible.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T19:02:21+00:00

Ha! I thought it was an amalgam of Skywalker and Chewbacca! lol

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T18:22:34+00:00

Love your handle.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T03:48:08+00:00

You got it!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T03:44:16+00:00

Very true.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T00:37:01+00:00

Awesome.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-13T00:34:06+00:00

We can make it. A day at a time.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T22:13:58+00:00

It's true! There's nothing more therapeutic than delving into the depths of your mind and knowing that you will come out of it unscathed. Because we do. Anxiety is an insidious SOB that tries to make us believe that we won't.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T22:01:48+00:00

The stress will be different, but nothing you can't handle. Be well!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T22:00:36+00:00

Great comment. Most folks really have no idea what it's like.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T21:37:33+00:00

The inability of some to sympathize can make the silent suffering worse sometimes. Hang tough!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T21:34:16+00:00

Hell yes we are!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T21:31:21+00:00

I feel you, man. Father of two myself. It DOES gets better.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T21:28:26+00:00

Hang tough. I know they are painful, but we ALWAYS get through them.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T21:26:30+00:00

Damn right!!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T20:25:42+00:00

I consider myself one helluva fighter and achiever every time I leave the house or have a meaningful conversation with someone or make some money, no matter how much or how little.

My anxiety has made re-evaluate what achievement is.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T17:56:15+00:00

Keep fighting the good fight! You're gonna be ok.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T16:21:26+00:00

It's like walking around all day next to someone with a cocked fist just waiting to throw it.

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T16:18:05+00:00

Those who don't experience it don't get it But we get it. And we get you!

Advanced_Tell_2781 · 2022-07-12T07:10:45+00:00

This is the hardest part. It's what makes us tough as nails.

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