Anxiety

After starting Middle School I no longer had a group of friends to hangout with.I never learned the social skills I needed.Throughout middle school& highschool i had basically one friend.I felt frozen around other people and also felt invisible.I found out when I was almost 19 years old that I had generalised social phobia/social anxiety disorder.I have never gotten the proper treatment for this,as a result I'm lonely, invisible and lack many social skills.In Oregon there is not good treatment for people with this condition.I'm not only concerned about my own problems,but other people suffering,too.I'm now 33 & know I can't procrastinate any longer.My first step is to see if I can find some to start a SET (Social Effectiveness Therapy Group) if not that then a social skills group for adults who lack certain social skills no matter what the diagnosis.

My Comments From: Fighting_Spirit Dec 08 2007, 4:42 pm I felt invisbile before and i i started to act invisible. It feels so bad. What really changed my mind about feeling that way was when someone bumped into me on purpose and i didnt say anything to them at all. In my mind I was saying a couple of things lol. It felt like  i was holding so much back. I still am and in therapy im learning a new way of thinking. I hope that whatever you decide to do brings you what you desire