Social Anxiety Support: Living with Social Anxiety Disorder

Ok, so if you’ve got Social Anxiety Disorder you probably spend a lot of time, like I do, bemoaning the disease and wondering “Why me…??”. Well, I certainly understand that question and am often perplexed as to why I have this debilitating disorder. Unfortunately, sitting around worrying about it usually gets me nowhere. Sometimes, it helps if we can just laugh at ourselves for having this irrational condition.

That being said, here are a few things to think about that you will hopefully make you smile…and even laugh at yourself and the consequences of this disease. I like to call this list:

Thank God for Social Anxiety Disorder

1. Thank God for Social Anxiety Disorder…as I now have a perfectly legitimate medical excuse to get out of stale social events like weddings of people I don’t like and funerals for people I liked even less.
2. Thank God for Social Anxiety Disorder…as I now never get asked to make a toast or give a presentation at work…especially since I passed out during my last public speaking opportunity. People who know me now know to never ask me to speak in public…ahh, refreshing!!!
3. Thank God for Social Anxiety Disorder…as I’m too afraid to ask a girl out so I don’t have to get married, watch the relationship fall apart, get divorced and give half of my 401k to woman that I will eventually despise.
4. Thank God for Social Anxiety Disorder…as I’m so quiet and shy that my neighbors never come over to ask to borrow things like my lawn equipment, a cup of flour, or 2 egg whites.
5. Thank God for Social Anxiety Disorder…as it’s definitely better than having erectile dysfunction. However, if I get older and get erectile dysfunction I’ll then have much more to worry about than having Social Anxiety Disorder…at which time I’ll start a list called: “Thank God for Erectile Dysfunction”.

There…now laugh at yourself and go have some fun!

We can beat this!!!

As you know the internet is a great place to find information and social anxiety support.  Obviously, you need to be careful because there’s a lot erroneous information out there as well.  That being said I found a great video on You Tube from the Health Matters show produced by UCSD.  This is 28 minutes long but it’s worth watching because it provides helpful information and facts about how to fight the disorder.  I hope this helps:

I’ll keep digging if you keep reading!