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Do I have social anxiety disorder? I am terrified of talking in front of people (but I guess that s common). I cannot stand talking about myself. I was talking with a college admissions person last week and he asked me to describe myself with 3 adjectives. I couldn t do it. I overly think before initiating conversations. I replay conversations many times over in my head and think if the conversation went well or not. If it didn t, I will worry about it constantly. There are expections to these symptoms...such as VERY close (less than 3) friends. I almost never text people unless they text me first. I don t have a facebook but I feel like if I made one it would be weird and I would stress out about it too much (is my picture ok? is my status stupid? etc). I also am worried that next year in college my room mate in college is going to ask me why I don t have a facebook...Yes I m worrying about something a year away. I don t play on sports teams out of fear of being judged.
I went through your descriptions. I suggest you not to worry much. You have not mentioned your age and occupation in the description. From the description, you might have a mild social anxiety. I say mild because this could be the beginning stage. If you worry about it and do not take corrective measures, this could develop into social phobia. Everyone has such problem. But most manage. Your own experience is the key. You must have had a lot of experiences talking to people in your life. Take confidence and courage from those incidents and be bold. Always say - SO WHAT?-. You need cognitive behavior therapy. I can help you with that. Please post a direct query to me with every minute details possible. I shall prescribe tailormade cognitive behavior therapy techniques to you which should clear your problems within weeks.
Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.
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What Causes Fear In Talking In Front Of People?
Dear Welcome to HCM We understand your concerns I went through your descriptions. I suggest you not to worry much. You have not mentioned your age and occupation in the description. From the description, you might have a mild social anxiety. I say mild because this could be the beginning stage. If you worry about it and do not take corrective measures, this could develop into social phobia. Everyone has such problem. But most manage. Your own experience is the key. You must have had a lot of experiences talking to people in your life. Take confidence and courage from those incidents and be bold. Always say - SO WHAT?-. You need cognitive behavior therapy. I can help you with that. Please post a direct query to me with every minute details possible. I shall prescribe tailormade cognitive behavior therapy techniques to you which should clear your problems within weeks. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.