It has been TWO YEARS since I have talked to someone other than my mother, sisters and son. I am terrified about my first on campus class!!!! What can I do? I don't even remember how to talk to strangers anymore!
I have social anxiety.
There's not a whole lot you can do in that situation, sorry :-/ I've been there. I just kept to myself all the time unless I was called on in class. When we had to do group projects people usually just gathered with the people that were sitting next to them, so that was easy. It's kind of a "face your fear" situation, it gets a little easier the more times you have to do it.
I had to do a stand up speech in one of my classes once a week. After the first couple times it wasn't that bad.
Just one thing i can say is HAVE SOME FUN AND BE HAPpy!!!!!!
I'm so nervous I feel sick to my stomach and my first day of class is a week away.
Quoting Mrs.Fus29:
Wow! That is a long time. Just be yourself, if you dnt like to talk, then dnt. If I were you though I would attempt to make some friends...just be yourself
Just smile and don't let them see you worrying about it ! Fake it til you make it lol
Quoting bribabyfever7:
Woooooo! Ur gonna gave to do this on ur own girl lol everyone's different! Anxiety isnt bad everyone has anxiety otherwise we would all be like boring drones that were never excited about anything!!!
Just one thing i can say is HAVE SOME FUN AND BE HAPpy!!!!!!
On campus should have a clinic you can go to, trust me you should go, in college was the first time I saw a therapist and it was the best idea I could have come up with, I went from not having any friends, eating alone everyday and going to my form room after classes for the entire first three months of school after going I slowly learned ways to get out and be social I joined a sorority became really close friends with my roommate and its how I met my husband :) for some people social anxiety is just as easy as getting them in the right room for me it's much more difficult and even though I got that far in college I have regressed I have agoraphobia and if you don't take small steps and keep going you end up convincing yourself you need to be isolated from people and you only need to interact with certain people, if your social anxiety is as bad as mine having a good support system is important you can pm me if you want
Quoting mamanay041010:On campus should have a clinic you can go to, trust me you should go, in college was the first time I saw a therapist and it was the best idea I could have come up with, I went from not having any friends, eating alone everyday and going to my form room after classes for the entire first three months of school after going I slowly learned ways to get out and be social I joined a sorority became really close friends with my roommate and its how I met my husband :) for some people social anxiety is just as easy as getting them in the right room for me it's much more difficult and even though I got that far in college I have regressed I have agoraphobia and if you don't take small steps and keep going you end up convincing yourself you need to be isolated from people and you only need to interact with certain people, if your social anxiety is as bad as mine having a good support system is important you can pm me if you want
Quoting Anonymous:
Won't they think poorly of me because I am a 20 year old single mother? Why would they want to talk to me?
Quoting bribabyfever7:
Woooooo! Ur gonna gave to do this on ur own girl lol everyone's different! Anxiety isnt bad everyone has anxiety otherwise we would all be like boring drones that were never excited about anything!!!
Just one thing i can say is HAVE SOME FUN AND BE HAPpy!!!!!!
are you ok with another woman calling your husband "hun" or "babe"