Social Anxiety Advice & Tips

Please, please, PLEASE seek help.  Unfortunately we don’t have much advice, but what we can do is provide hotlines and help websites.  Please use them, call the numbers, anorexia can be deadly.

http://www.eatingdisorderhope.com/treatment-for-eating-disorders/get-help-now

https://safehelpline.org/effects-of-sexual-assault/eating-disorders

http://www.anad.org/eating-disorders-get-help/eating-disorders-helpline-email/

Eating Disorders Information and Referral Line: 1-800-931-2237National Crisis Line - Anorexia and Bulimia: 1-800-233-4357National Eating Disorder Hotline: 1-800-248-3285

http://www.healthfulchat.org/eating-disorders-chat-room.html

http://www.7cups.com/eating-disorder-help/

http://www.eatingdisordersanonymous.org/online.html

Hmm...if possible, definitely talk to your doctor.  In this case I unfortunately don’t have much advice, it sounds like severe stage fright on top of really bad anxiety.  Besides that, find situations that make you anxious, but not TOO anxious and try to face them head-on.  The reason why they shouldn’t be too anxious-inducing is so that it isn’t too hard to face them.  But the idea is you make your comfort zone bigger.

Also, we’ll be starting up answering questions real soon.  I just managed to buy the rest of the stuff needed for the new place.  So once it’s all unboxed, and everything’s cleaned, as that means things can finally settle down.

Hm...something you can do is people watch.  Basically, sit down somewhere open, like maybe a main campus area with benches and watch how various people interact with each other.  Maybe have a notebook and write down basic things, don’t go too in-depth.  It shouldn’t be seen as creepy by others, just because it looks like you’re writing notes, but try some various things you see, figure out what works best for you, and keep working at it!

Learning social skills can be just as hard as any other skill to learn, mistakes will be made, just be sure to get back up, dust yourself off, and learn from the mistake.

Best of luck!

Me too!  What I’ve been doing to help is try and force myself in to a situation where I have to.  It’s exposure therapy.  It’s not usually good to have it forced on you or without supervision from a therapist, so if you don’t wanna’ try that method, that’s okay!

Of course!  You just have to say something like “Please answer privately”(Doesn’t have to be exactly that) and be off anon. :)