You are never alone

[Denimdungarees]

I just wanted to share something that happened to me yesterday. I believe I have extreme social phobia, but I am not somebody who you can imagine would have it as I am loud, confident and always talking.

We had to present in induction and I did it in fear and felt like I was going to pass out. I cried that night because it shattered my confidence.

Last night, one of my colleagues opened up to me and said that she didn’t even present that day because she was so scared she thought she was going to faint. I hadn’t even noticed that she wasn’t there to do that and nobody else had neither. It made me feel so much better that I wasn’t alone. There are so many people suffering everyday and it is important that we open up. It’s nice to see someone else in the same environment and the same worries. It’s okay to not be okay.

[dizzychar]

it’s so true, I don’t talk to many people really but when you do open up to someone and they share there experiences sometimes it’s abit of relief when you realise it’s not only you feeling that way, not that I’d wish it on anyone because it’s awful

[Jameshuh]

90% of people have a phobia of speaking in public, myself included. You are FAR from alone. Kudos for having the courage to speak in the first place, it takes something extra to speak if you have social phobia and is a massive achievement. All the best