It still hurts to be out sometimes. I try to block it out and not dwell on it.You see people, couples young and old. The young are in love and happy and dreaming about their future and the older ones typically have children with them. It hurts you are not one of them and never have been. The first kiss, the first date, starting a family and a new home. It never happened. You hear time and time again that you are young and these things will just happen one day. Well they didn’t and I pretty much...

Just came across an old classmates profile on FB. Felt a bit angry, understanding and questionable. This girl used to make a fuss when the teacher made us sit together by shouting "He is a geek, I don't wanna sit next to him." I'm not lying this happened on more than a few occasions that we sat next to each other. We had a weird relationship. Idk why, but I gave her a Christmas card back in Year 7 or something, I think cause she was "cool" and I wanted her to like me. And towards...

So today I met an friend I hung around with in High School. I was also meant to meet another friend, but he didn't turn up. Our group was known as The Three Musketeers.:d

Prior to meeting my friend I was super anxious as he invited me to a pub and I don't go pubs. I thought that this would probably show the lack of social life I have. Anyways meeting up with this old friend went much better than I thought it would. I forgot to bring ID, just shows that I don't go clubbing or pubs...

It’s been much harder to find success that a lot of the advice I have read advocates. I remember when I was younger at work and the feelings of not being one of them, not one of the crowd, different and weird but most of all extremely disliked. (yes, just like on SAUK!)I felt a quite intense jealousy and even rage when I saw other people going out and enjoying themselves so easily. Even today reading that you should stand up straight and speak in a clear loud voice to overcome SA. I once tried...

Why is it that the social anxiety forums are so youth orientated? One female poster said she felt too old at 30 to use the forum and it often feels like I am entering a student forum and feel embarrassed mentioning my age. Not surprising when there is special sub-forum for the over 30's. It’s the same on blogs or facebook groups with social anxiety being almost always spoken to as if from the point of view of a teenager or someone in their early twenties. Yet there are many people aged 40+ with...