The newbie is in town!

[dipz]

Hello guys,

How do you do an introduction? Don't really know

Anyway, Im 23 yrs old from London, graduated with a degree in engineering but now officially a shelf stacker , I figured something was wrong after being rejected from a graduate job for passing all competencies except for the social skills criteria, only recently I figured I suffer from social anxiety, I found this quite wierd as I went through school, college and university being a total loner and nobody noticed

Secondly, I dont really have a supporting family, never had any real friends I felt I 'connected' with nor any love life. I have dealt every single problem in my life on my own ( overcoming MMO addiction, severe psoriasis) which on reflection has made me a very resilient person.

I've taken the first steps in overcoming this: being more open around people, actually talking about myself and my feelings and going to join a SASH group soon.

Even as i write this, I get anxious thoughts of how someone at work will read this and know its me and know I have social anxiety,

Let's overcome this little parasite of a disorder together and get back to the path of sucess!

[Dom87]

Welcome to the forum.

Congrats on the degree BTW. I'm studying at the moment.

I know what you mean about posting stuff. In fact it goes as far as day to day conversations. I find myself vetting everything I say to people.

[am1000]

Hi dipz

[softlyspoken2]

Hi Dipz

Welcome to SA UK! I hope you find it helpful

[Rane]

Hello and welcome to the forum

[Leonard_Egan]

Welcome dipz. Take it easy.