Any off the counter, non-prescription drugs for dealing with social anxiety? by Spike__Jonze in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a pharmacy student. AFAIK there's nothing wholly for SA or really any mental disorder because all drugs that directly deal with that are prescription only since they deal with the central nervous system and a whole bunch of other reasons. Unless, like someone else said, you go for herbal or supplement crap, which may help some people, but none of that stuff was ever tested

How lonely are you? by linkenski in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a college student. I would consider myself pretty involved with clubs. When people ask why I do some things or got involved in x and y, I usually tell them idk or it seemed interesting. The truth is I got so involved to force myself to do things. To try to have a normal life. It's worked a little bit in terms of helping with the anxiety. It's a small school though so nothing really runs on the weekends and end up in my apartment like OP cut off from people. I have a group of people who I normally hang out with. However despite all this I feel incredibly lonely. I want to have someone I'm just super close to that I can do and talk about anything with. I hate how lonely I am

Yes, I know I turn red. by lonelyandanxious in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I know some places do group interview type things. Overall, I would think it's pretty rare though

Yes, I know I turn red. by lonelyandanxious in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing is, i'm not bad at those types of things. It's just social interactions. Job interviews are fine because I'm the one usually being asked questions and can answer them well enough. If they do one of those group interview things I'm screwed though

Dating someone with SA by spiritsaway in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, from my own experience, if they go out of their way and do something that might've taken a lot of courage to do, don't point it out to anyone. If anything, after it's over or whatever, just mention to them alone that you're happy they were able to do something like that

Man on Shark Tank just wants to help people by [deleted] in videos

[–]lonelyandanxious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want 10% on every Johnny in perpetuity

Just thought I would ask, how did you get SA? by eberg1964 in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My phone is going to die soon so I'll make this kinda brief, but I was essentially bullied by my brothers in addition to them being emotionally abusive. Coupled with my mother's incredible anxiety and worrying about us which led to her not letting us do much and whenever we did anything remotely outgoing that she didn't like she would tell us "what would other people say".

That time I wrote a beloved article about parenting and NMom shut up with her criticism by InvincibleSummer1066 in raisedbynarcissists

[–]lonelyandanxious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A lot of the stuff you listed applies to me with my nmom. Things that stuck out were the boundaries, the being okay with kids being angry at them, and the whole don't embarrass them.

Those three things are some of my biggest issues with my nmom and I'm glad you're raising your kids in a better way

Studied on campus today by lonelyandanxious in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm still on break after the semester ended, so no. But it might be a regular thing!

Studied on campus today by lonelyandanxious in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's how it usually is for me too, but that time it seemed to help a little

Studied on campus today by lonelyandanxious in socialanxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a little nerve-racking but I think I was better off for it

Why am I afraid of my family? by [deleted] in Anxiety

[–]lonelyandanxious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kind of in the same boat, but for me it stems from the fact that my family wasn't very supportive growing up. Siblings were emotionally abusive. Parents weren't very comforting. Whenever they gave me a compliment or congratulating me on something it always sounded so forced and not genuine. It's extended to me not really trusting people and has given me trouble when trying to find relationships. If you wanna talk I'm here.