Fear of speaking with people

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1183666 tn?1274275146 So, JESSiCA, we meet again! I'm glad to hear you're involved with a partner and a project, but I do understand your fear of public speaking. I'm positive the vast majority of us would rather streak through Wal Mart than get up in front of a group of people. (Would anybody notice us in Wal Mart? Somehow I think we'd just "blend!") I suppose there are a number of things you could try before it was your turn to be on stage.
944787 tn?1287084773 They are anxious in social situations, particularly those involving unfamiliar people (Criterion A9). They will interact with other people when they have to, but prefer to keep to themselves because they feel that they are different and just do not "fit in.
944787 tn?1287084773 Hey, wow you seem to be the first person i have come across who has a silmiar illness as i do! I guess since i was little i have suffered from social phobia, always withdrawn and quiet. When i was 19 i had a severe breakdown and developed panic attacks and depression which made me both agoraphobic and severely socially phobic. Although i know exactly why i fear people, i have had more than my fair share of abuse both from mum, the people who brought me up and boyfriends.
Avatar f tn I got a letter from my school stating that since I show effort in class and have pretty good grades they are inviting me and my parents to breakfast and then will have an awards ceremony. I am soo scared to eat in front of people. I'm fine with my parents but none of my friends are going either. All people I don't know or don't like. I'm picky about food too and I know I'm not going to like it so how can I eat it without looking grossed out?
Avatar f tn Then he put on a condom, before he could get the head of his penis good inside of me i asked him to stop. The next day i asked my did he have anything and he got very offended. He stoppd speaking tp me.. 3 weeks later i got tested for STD and everything came back clear, On April 15,2010 I went to my doctors and got HIV tested, becasue o was always nasuse,tired, and forgetfull. Nothing came back, now i have lower abdominal pains and jus now ive been having what i think are night seats.
Avatar f tn You are both suffering from a very common phobia. Fear of the dark goes back to the dawn of man and since that time, millions of people have fought it all there lives. Please do not berate yourselves for this phobia or think you are silly for being afraid of the dark at your age. Our phobias are ours to own and suffer with as long as we do nothing about them. Since both of you have stated that your phobia is now interfering with your lives, it's time to take the bull by the horns!
Avatar m tn Trump destroys what the "the establishment" Republican Party is all about, so I'm ALL FOR HIM. This country has been trying the same thing, over & over & over, for the last 60-years... and look where it's gotten us, and WHO it's gotten us. Of course, none of you really like him, and that's okay. That's what makes this country mediocre...
1216899 tn?1288570325 I know people who have had different symptoms with it, but as for me I had ON in my left eye only. The pain was behind my eye and felt like brain freeze - when you eat ice cream too fast. It hurt to move it from side to side as well. My vision was blurry in that eye and when I got hot, like in the shower, my vision would even dim a bit. So that is my experience with it. I'm glad you went in for the MRI and the VEP. If you do have ON, does the doctor plan to do steroids?
595125 tn?1219834270 What you descrive is a panic attack when you have this intense fear, then you become afraid of the fear and so on until it becomes a vicious circle. You came to the right place! You should browze a lot of these threads as you will quickly see that you are not alone in your fear and anxiety and you will perhaps learn from how others have coped with it.
Avatar m tn Your fear in this case and perhaps a part of your depression might be be ways of dealing with the fact that there's likely unfinished business of some sort from the past, relating to you. If I were you, I would seek a very good therapist, who practices regression and hypnotherapy, to help you shed some light to this mystery with some explanation and perhaps treat your fear, depression and also your variant of agoraphobia/social anxiety. Need more details on this, please send me a pm.
Avatar m tn I'm completely the same way, just not with horror movies. I can't stop thinking about my girlfriend. She's only 17 and I took her virginity, which scares me because I know she'll eventually want something else (nobody wants to just have sex with one person ever). All the time I spend with her now is consumed in a pervasive fear that I won't be able to keep her forever, which is ruining every potentially good experience I might have with her now, while I do actually have her.
Avatar n tn I started taking concerta 8 months ago and it has made ia great change in the fear I USED to have speaking in front of people . I till stutter but not near as often when speaking in front of adults .
7163794 tn?1457366813 Glad it went well, I have told my story a few times, very scary I do behind the walls at a work relies program, I have a big fear of speaking in meetings, last time I was asked to do it I said yes, chickened out and scheduled my neck surgery a week before to get out of it, I have 13 years, thank you for being strong and sharing that, it inspired me.
Avatar f tn My problem started since I was 6, it began with an extreme fear of diabetes. Whenever i heard the word diabetes, I start to panic and have trouble breathing, my stomach hurts, get diarrhea and then start to feel the actual symptoms of the disease. In fact, I stopped sleeping on my left side because i am scared that would damage my pancreas. Moreover, if i touch a paper that has the word diabetes written on, I always wash my hands so as not to contract diabetes.
1489305 tn?1315179507 ve always figured if you go with a kind of mellow tone of voice all the time with the exception of when you are angry people seem to be mellow along with you and I've noticed that I've had many "just friends" experiences with girls in my life. Maybe because of that I don't know. But I'm trying to also work on my body language and making myself seem more confident so if you have any ideas on that it would be great.
Avatar f tn hi im 22 years old, ive been suffering from anxiety, and depression , well mainly anxiety for the past 2 years, i have terrible symtoms including almost perminant depersonalization / derealization , caused by servere anxiety, my main problem at the moment is my fear of crowds of people, i totally avoid the canteen at dinner times at work , its a nightmare just gettin through a day , as i work in a massive office surrounded by computers and people, but i sum how manage to grit my teeth and bar
Avatar m tn My opinion? Your suffering from guilt which is taking the form of fear of HIV. Many people "latch on" to HIV fears when it is usually related to guilt. The risk factor to catching HIV the ways that you had "sex" are very low to begin with (unless you had an open sore...and even then it is small. I will bet that you are going to be HIV negative when you go back to your doctor. Your problem, will continue, however.
20907989 tn?1619515060 Are you a young person suffering from depression or do you know a young person who is? Or is this a survey you're doing? Just wondering. While you will hear a lot of anecdotal evidence suggesting more people of all ages are suffering depression because of covid, scientifically speaking, it's way too early for anyone to have crunched the data to know if the numbers are actually higher than they were before covid.
Avatar m tn if the hiv virus mixes with other sperms or vaginal fluids can it be active outside?
696149 tn?1314320959 Well, I spoke of it a few days ago......that is getting off the Vicodin and I just took the last 4 I had. I am terrified of what I'm probably going to face. Usually when you fear something, the bark is worse than it's bite, but in this case, the bark is just as bad as the bite, if not worse. Still, all I have to do is get through 1 week.
5524415 tn?1372332390 And no, not all of them are on that list because of HCV. But the majority of people who have HCV and do not respond to treatment know that they will probably get cirrhosis of the liver. Then cirrhosis of the liver itself has so many different levels and stages. I am at Stage 4, with a decompensated liver. Meaning that even if today they came out with a miracle pill and cured my HCV I would still have to get a transplant because my liver has been so damaged.
1021020 tn?1273501632 Remember this is your pregnancy and you already share this joy with your husband. People have all sorts of oppinions on things and our family can be our worst critics, so stand your ground and be 'HAPPY' and 'ENJOY'!!!...Everyone will soon join in because there's nothing more 'SPECIAL' than being pregnant. GOD BLESS.
Avatar f tn Statistics are for large populations of people and you are only one and don't know his status, so it wouldn't be right to think a % would apply to you. Best to try to forget about it as much as possible until the result comes because you can't influence it.
Avatar f tn Do you have a close relationship with your mom? I totally understand your fear of causing trouble for your family. However, this not on you. Its on him. He is the one ruining your family, he decided to this the moment he harbored those perverted thoughts. You are PROTECTING your family by speaking up. The longer you wait, the more the fear will soak in until you begin feeling like its too late. I KNOW THIS! Please keep us updated!
Avatar m tn If you feel your therapist is not helping you, then chances are, they aren't. Find someone else you connect with better. Try to get to more sessions if you can, but I know that between the insurance companies and the economy, therapy has become more of a "luxury" than it should be! While I hate to advocate drugs unless they are a "last resort," there are some good medications you can take on an "as needed" basis to help you relax.