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Published: 2012-06-14 03:20:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 3828; Favourites: 206; Downloads: 19
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I usually try to refrain from putting too much personal stuff into my stamps, but I'm in a cranky mood today so here it is.Social Phobia is an anxiety disorder where the sufferer fears being negatively judged or evaluated by others, so they avoid doing things that might embarrass or humiliate themselves in public. It's more than just that, though.
It's annoying as hell. Why? Because I can't go through the grocery store without feeling like my chest is going to implode from how tight it is. Because when I'm talking to people, sometimes I feel like I'm drowning on my words because I can't breathe properly. Because blushing and sweating when nervous are normal things, but they should never happen this often. Because when I'm among strangers, I worry about completely stupid things. The thoughts of others are constantly on my mind when I'm in public, and all of that is why it's annoying as hell to have a social anxiety disorder.
It's not fun. It's not cool. It's not just 'shyness.' It's a real problem, and it affects me, and millions of others, every single day of their life.
This stamp is for those who have this anxiety disorder, who hate it, and want to punch it in its big dumb face.
For more information about Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Disorder:
Social Anxiety Disorder and Social Phobia - Symptoms, Self-Help, and Treatment
Social Phobia/Social Anxiety Association - What is Social Anxiety?
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I know exactly how you feel! I had to drop out of school because I had it so bad and couldn't take it, but when I was in school I skipped class to avoid presentations or just begged the teachers to give me 0s instead of making me do them. I find it impossible to even talk to people - In like 4th grade I was always so quiet that no one could hear me, so my asshole teacher bought a MICROPHONE and made me keep it with me and I had to use it at all times, and her and the class basically used it to make fun of me ;-;
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Things will get better :/ hopefully for me and others
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Anxiety does suck and I have to live with it everyday of my life with no friends. I'm not social at allΒ Β
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Yeah it is. This truly hit the nerve.
Its hard to take, everyday again, when you have to leave the house, and everywhere are people, looking, thinking(?)... normal for others...
for us its hell.
And the reason why i love the night. My favourite daytime is the twilight in the morning. Less people & some Sun.
Thanks for this stamp and the text!
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every flippin day, even now. I hate it and wish it would stop.
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I don't have friends on the real life because of this
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Social phobia ruined my life. -.- But I am doing much better...but it still sucks that it's there.
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It's ruining my life too.
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I'm sorry. 
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Today I'm going to actually try and talk to someone... a random person in the cafΓ©... I'm nervous but I have to try. Last night I felt terrible.
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Wow, that's even harder for me. I can't just go up to someone randomly and talk to them. I would get so awkward. Good for you though! Go for it!
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It didn't work... just made me feel horrible, then I went back home and cried...
I'm going to try some kind of therapy. It's the only way to possibly cure it.
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Awww, I'm sorry. >.< I know how that feels, really. Just talking to someone and by accident say or do something silly is like the end of the world for me and I cry a lot about it. Even though it's nothing, but to a social phobic like me, it's everything.
I have taken some therapy too, but I can't just be sitting talking to a doctor all the time, in my opinion. I need to go out and face the "monster" myself.
But you feel you therapy, go for it. It can help, actually. I just have stopped seeing doctors for now.
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I feel the same way. I have never heard someone describe what I go through every day so perfectly. Wow. No fun at all. D:Β
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yes it is!i have social anxiety and i'm starting my first day of high school soon and people are just like ''it will be ok,everyone is nervous when they first start!'' and i'm just like....u OBVIOUSLY don't get it,do u? -.- normal people never understand
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I have SA, and it is total hell ;-; thanks for making this.. It's sometimes easy to forget how many people have social anxiety..I would give almost anything to get rid of mine..
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Thanks so much for creating this...glad someone else knows what a bitch it is. I know the blushing and the sweating are my two biggest problems and I hate it...thanks for making this stamp
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Social Anxiety Disorder.. what I would give to be rid of mine. I don't have it as bad as most, but it's still one nasty little bitch. I am unable to go into public schooling, because I will be constantly paranoid, and back when I was in public schooling, I had panic attacks MULTIPLE times a day.... NOT. FUN.
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I have social problems. TheyΒ΄re not that big. But theyΒ΄re the problem why I dosenΒ΄t have a single freind in school...
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I had an anxiety disorder since I was 12.. I thought everyone was gonna die and I was always the little girl in the corner being an anti-social freak :I I still have anxiety attacks and still take medicine for it. But it wasn't as bad as it was then ;w;
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Oh man, I feel ya. I have social anxiety as well (though not to the extent that you have it), and it is a bitch to deal with. On top of that I also have Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), which is another bitch. I've got two bitches inside my head, constantly stapping me. It sucks.
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Oh no, it's not too intrusive at all. 
Luckily I don't have it as badly as some people do (I'm not considered an extreme Borderline), but it is still a pain.
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Wow, I can imagine that must be very difficult to have to experience! That's good that you aren't as effected by it as others, as you said. Thank you for sharing your explanation of it, I really appreciate you doing so! I wish you the best of luck concerning being able to go back to counselling in the future, personally I think everyone should be able to do counselling regardless - it's just so great to be able to talk through problems with someone, totally worth it 
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Thank you! I wish you the best of luck as well. And I agree, having someone - an unbiased person - to talk to about personal problems is a big help. It certainly has been for me and I do plan to go back into counselling sometime.
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I don't have this myself, though I do get very anxious at times around people, but I'm almost certain my boyfriend does, He is absolutely Terrified about messing up in front of people or embarrassing himself in public and having people mad at him, to the point he will not do Anything and gets physically ill , and getting him to try and get out of the house is difficult and he hasn't been able to get a job in a couple of months now due to his crippling anxiety. I feel bad because at first I didn't know he had a real problem and thought he was just being stubborn/silly and I got mad at him for it. 
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That sounds so familiar to me. I found that talking to a therapist has been very helpful for me, as well as incorporating more exercise into my daily routine.. I hope your boyfriend is able to recover from his anxiety, it really does suck
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I have social anxiety disorder (SAD) too... among a few other mental disorders. I hate having it because I actually want to be around other people. It's just that it's so hard and terrifying. What if I screw up? What if the other person doesn't like me? What if I have a panic attack?
The worst part is that I don't even know what to say asides from normal greetings. It's like I draw a complete blank. I know I should say something, but I can't. That makes me more nervous, and I can't help feeling awful for the other person waiting for me to continue the conversation. They probably think I don't even want to be around them or that I'm stuck up or something.
Me greeting people at all is actually an improvement.
My mom used to blame me for having social anxiety. She said I was just being shy and that if I applied myself I could overcome my shyness. That's helpful, I guess, but the way she said it always made me feel worse about myself. I tried to do what she suggested, yet the anxiety was too much and I failed.
I actually did recover from it for a while. Or at least it didn't impact me as much as it did when I was in 3rd grade. It came back as a precursor to me relapsing with depression. The two feed off each other.
Thanks for making this stamp.
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A lot of that sounds very familiar to me, haha... Not knowing what to say besides normal greetings.. definitely. And depression feeding off the anxiety and vice versa. So very true. I am awful at small talk. Small victories like talking to the person when I'm going through a store checkout line, or when I get food from the deli.
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This stamp <33
I hate social phobia so much. I can't even go to family events anymore. It definitely took over my life and made my depression worse. My family always asks why I don't go to anything and that they miss me, and that makes me feel guilty. I'm so paranoid, I feel like my psychiatrist is judging every little bit of me. I quit going to therapy for the reason I began going. But I've told my mum how nervous I get around people, I've told her that it's called social phobia, but she keeps telling me to get over it.
Sorry for the rant vnv
But again, this stamp is great c:
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Yes, thank you D: So true.....I hate it, it controls my life.....I hate social phobia so much....
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Man i've had it all my life i wish more ppl where aware of it so they'd know how big a deal it affects them.
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And here as I saw the stamp I thought the artist was expressing her dislike for socially awkward people. Hurrrr. I have a genetic predisposition towards anxiety that's run in my family for generations. It is troublesome. I know what you mean.
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INDEED.
This stupid thing has kept me inside for 2 years, and now it's making me start to avoid even going to school. I never thought it'd get this bad. I've suffered with it to some degree for as long as I remember. Next time - hopefully - the mental health services get back in touch with me, I'm writing EVERYTHING down. I'm sick of this crippling anxiety and this time I'm not backing down until I'm finally receiving treatment.
... EVEN IF THAT MEANS I HAVE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON PAPER. *shot*
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I hope that it all works out for you! Stay strong, hang in there!
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I actually discovered I had anxiety one say at school. I was getting so mad and irritated that I was about to crawl out of my skin. I started tapping my fingers and getting really upset. I was terrified. haha
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I have this, too, holy shit.
It's not fun, at all.
It was really bad when I was in 9th grade. Whenever I'd get on the bus, I'd just hold my breath and would quickly find a seat to sit in, and I'd sit as close to the window as I could. I listened to my iPod the whole bus ride.
Every morning I'd be thinking about how all the people in the back of the bus thought how weird I was. I'd be paranoid, thinking that they were watching how I moved my thumbs when I'd pick a song on my ipod, or how I breathed, or blinked, or sat, or swallowed. It was constant. In classes I'd feel like everyone was staring at me at all times, and whenever someone talked to someone, I thought they were talking about me, and how weird I was, when in reality no one even knew I existed, since I was the quietest person that year. I would worry too damn much what other people thought of me, all the time, and it was torture.
I don't have it as bad anymore, but I still struggle with some things.
Sorry to rant on your stamp. xD
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No, it's okay!
That sounds like it was really bad... Mine has only developed over the past year or so, and it hasn't gotten to that point, but I do know the feeling of worrying about whether or not people were talking about me, or judging me by what I'm doing. Like when I'm shopping, hubs and I will walk by a few people and suddenly they'll start laughing, and the first thing that pops into my mind is "Oh my god why are they laughing at me?" :/
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WaitthisthingmightbeactuallysomethingthatIhaveandtheremightbetreatmentsjdhjsdghjsdg
GONNA READ THAT INFO, I AM.
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Yay! It sounds like I helped a little bit! 
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I've skimmed over the definition, and what I'm experiencing is a lot more mild than what's described. I guess I'm just painfully shy with some things.
But it's still good that you're getting the message out there!
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