#ask stopdrop

I think I may have social anxiety but I can't be sure. I'm over eighteen but if I went to the doctors could they still raise the concern to my parents? I love my friends but I hate going out anywhere with them now, I get so stressed around them and hate talking because I always believe they are talking about me or thinking about me or laughing at me. I've always not been one to go out much but ever since my grandad died last year I feel totally lost in the world. I don't know what to do?

I have pretty severe GAD, to the point where it's really hard to sleep at night. It's not that I'm afraid if sleep itself - I'm afraid if the time before that when you're just kind of in your own head. Also the time when you first start dreaming and your mind gets all weird cause it's starting to dream, you know? I was supposed to start an out-patient program but I cancelled cause I was just so tired... Maybe I should do the in-patient instead? My new start date is Monday, but my sleeping is(1)

(2) still so backwards I just don't know anymore. I'm so tired and I just want to get better already.

Do you watch Youtube? Who is your favourite youtuber? Im just humoring you btw

Tell us some funny drunk story.

does having GAD ever make u feel isolated? like someone will post something super relatable abt anxiety and then narrow it down to a symptom of social anxiety and it makes it seem like it's only for them? because it happens to me every time especially when i meet someone else with anxiety but never with GAD. i have so many friends with social anxiety and most have never heard of GAD until i got diagnosed/told them i have it.

Hii I'm the sensory overload anon from your main blog, feel free to answer wherever :) as I said I would just like some tips for that / generally feeling shitty and low energy when you're supposed to be doing pretty engagin stuff on a daily basis

Hey there, I'm not really in a location to find a therapist but I need some sort of outside input here. I constantly feel like I'm a burden, I feel like nothing I do can ever possibly change the fact that I'm worthless. What do you suggest I do to counteract this??