I've had severe social anxiety since I was 14 years old. I am nearing 30 and it only seems to get worse. I wasn't like this as a kid something just switched in my brain one day and life has become intolerable ever since.
3 posts omitted.Try psychedelics, I used Iboga and it helped me. Definitively not a cure but way more effective than talk therapy
Exposure, keep going out, talk to people, seek new experiences, embarrass yourself. If that fails, MDMA.
>>772682>the only solution is exposure, sorry.34 and came her to say this. the longer you hide from it the worse it gets, but the more you throw yourself into it, the more comfortable you may become, or at least, less anxious.
>>772655Realize that you are a worker and that it is your inexorable fate to work. You will work and interact with people. You should stop caring about the outcome. Give up the control. Know that there is no free will. Therefore dont search within yourself a will or soul or your "self" to blame your current situation on
>>772655I had this too, seemingly happy childhood then around puberty became depressed and anxious; I was in denial for a long time but realized I'm transgender. I haven't started HRT yet personally but a lot of people say it helps.