Yes!

I've struggled with this since I was a young'un.  I get so nervous around people that I literally get sick.  I can hardly handle Wal-Mart any more.  I did work at the hospital, and I was okay there, in the department, since there were only 30 or so people that I got to know fairly well.

I've found the only thing that helps me is to set my sights on what I have to do around people and ignore everything else, you know what I mean?  Meds don't seem to help, and neither does counseling.  I've figured out it has to do with low self-confidence, and if I can feel like I'm the only one in the certain place and/or no one has noticed me, i'm fine.

Good luck, and if you ever need to talk, e-mail me!

• Anyone have social anxiety disorder? - Ann
  • Social anxiety, yes!! - opie
    • anxiety - I'm the same way
  • Oh, yes. I have it. Up until I was in my thirties... sm - Kind of Long
  • May I suggest a book I just bought and it works. Joyce Meyer's A Confident Woman. nm - Just Me
    • Love Joyce Meyer's outlook on life. nm - PS
  • I do and have tried every med, but none - TM
    • I thought Neurontin was a pain medication - confused
      • It has a lot of uses, another being for seizures... - TM
        • Oh I see, I'm glad you found a combination that works for you! nm - confused
          • Thanks...me too! nm - Tm
      • I think Neurontin's used for a bit of everything!! - nm
  • Yes sm - passing through
    • I agree... working from home is almost a crutch - Ann
      • I don't see it as a crutch...sm - kps
        • I agree.. I would be working from home even if I didn't have anxiety attacks! - Ann
        • Mine got worse after staying home and working... - TM
  • anxiety - anon
  • me too, as well as my son who is only 28..--sm - kps
  • Me, too! Sometimes I think - Linda
  • Yes! - You're not alone!
  • anxiety disorder - anon
  • Many of us do in this kind of at-home, isolated job. Gets worse as you get older, too. nm - Yup
    • When you get older, more anxiety? - Linda
    • I am just feeling blah... - Ann
      • social anxiety - Karen

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