Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
9th July 2013, 14:42
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,683
Re: Summer Blues....???
I used to wear a jacket no matter how hot it was, now I wear a polo shirt, or t shirt, but feel very self-conscious. One thing I won't do though is wear shorts out in public! My legs aren't as skinny...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
23rd June 2013, 21:51
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Replies: 47
Views: 4,655
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
19th June 2013, 22:03
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,593
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
23rd May 2013, 12:53
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Replies: 42
Views: 3,666
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Forum: Room with a View
21st May 2013, 20:40
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,376
Re: Expect to Fail in Order to Suceed
I actually love this advice, even if you fail a lot, expecting to is better than building up false hope you will succeed and feeling worse when you fail/get rejected. Though that isn't really the...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
5th April 2013, 23:40
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,319
Re: Can't phone about a job
Thanks for replying john, yes it's hard. But things are worse than just this in my waste of time life. Another crap thread, making a habit of it, but feeling good after all the alcohol at least.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
5th April 2013, 18:27
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Replies: 35
Views: 3,417
Re: Alcohol and Social Anxiety
It makes me feel worse really, but more likely to actually try and talk and connect with people for the short time I am drunk. Not a good regular long term plan.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
5th April 2013, 17:49
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,319
Can't phone about a job
I should be over this shit by now seriously, heart started racing, shaking, froze up and felt sick and couldn't do it! :headshake
I managed to apply for some online but heard nothing back, so I...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th April 2013, 20:50
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,501
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
3rd April 2013, 21:37
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,754
Re: Isolation = Mental torture
I have no outlets, never had any relationships, stuck in with no one to talk to. Always lived at my parents house. I can actually relate with your situation but I'm over 10 years older. But if you...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
1st April 2013, 16:58
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Replies: 52
Views: 4,644
Re: I've messed up and lost all hope
Please stop thinking about it, you did well but then it got too much and it's not your fault you got like that.
I'm in my 30s and have worked before, but I can't see how I'd be able handle a job...
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Forum: Club 30-81
28th March 2013, 21:54
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,978
Re: 40 year old Virgins..........
Most have more serious mental issues, low IQs, more than SA in most cases I'd bet, but sex from developing a relationship is more a challenge for guys on the whole it seems. Plenty of physically...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
26th March 2013, 21:31
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Replies: 30
Views: 2,754
Re: Isolation = Mental torture
Yes it is, I think I've gone a bit mad and enjoy it now though in a way. Stuck in my room and talking to myself all day.:bananathing:
Yeah it's crap.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
26th March 2013, 13:21
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,120
Re: feeling alone!!
I'm can relate in feeling so lonely, I have no friends to see or talk to or anyone special in my life. Living alone must make it harder to bear also at times, but at this stage I'd prefer that to...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
1st March 2013, 14:49
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,352
Re: Sertraline and Very Low Mood
You started on 100mg straight away? That might be the reason, but I'd try and hold on for another 3 - 4 weeks and see if you feel any better. I still had excessive tiredness after 3 months of it and...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
1st March 2013, 14:41
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,221
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
27th February 2013, 19:07
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,321
Re: Can't get motivated to change
Yes I've been on a few SSRIs which numbed my senses and made me feel more carefree, but even less motivated and stay in bed more due to increased fatigue. Also had some therapy sessions that didn't...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
26th February 2013, 21:33
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,321
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
26th February 2013, 20:44
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,321
Can't get motivated to change
I just keep going around in circles, getting ever older and still alone and getting sicker of this life.
Even when I had a crap minimum wage job again, the rest of my life was an empty void. Just...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
22nd February 2013, 14:34
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,296
Re: Missed Opportunities
No good dwelling on them, I have too many regrets to list. My SA helped mess things up, but I don't like blaming that. It's your own limits and what opportunities are available also, I'm a...
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Forum: Club 30-81
13th February 2013, 21:54
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Replies: 195
Views: 44,450
Re: anyone single still?
It's especially brutal "still" being single when you're over 30 I think. I wish I didn't care and yearn for the love and willing intimacy only a relationship could bring.
Most women seem to be...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
13th February 2013, 19:49
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,761
Re: mauled at the jobcentre
That scumbag needs to get charged with sexual assault and not just a petty warning. What a thing to happen, when you were just sitting there minding your own business! Not to mention trying to drag...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
20th January 2013, 12:40
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,225
Re: Men's group
I tried going to my local MIND for similar reasons to get me out of the house and try and make new friends. There was a homeless looking guy there, who thought he was a fallen angel and god had...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th January 2013, 20:38
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,487
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
9th January 2013, 18:03
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,272
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